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Want to Boost U.S. Affordability? Get Rid of Tariffs
12+ hour, 33+ min ago (355+ words) The following is an article written by Paul Teller, a member of Discovery Institute's Board of Directors. Let's dive in on a case study. In short, U.S. steel food can makers are facing an avoidable challenge because of the availability and…...
HB 2266: Call Your Legislator Today
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (78+ words) More than 20,000 people are living on the streets in Washington state, most of them suffering from an untreated mental illness and/or drug addiction. HB 2266 is currently moving through the Washington State legislature to make it easier to develop subsidized…...
A Renewed Vision for American Education
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (453+ words) American public education has lost sight of its purpose. Too often, progressive political agendas take time away from teaching core academic learning to children. A glaring example is the anti-ICE agenda that has infiltrated classrooms, where students are encouraged " and…...
Jonathan Bartlett on the Growing Evidence of Designed Mutations
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (193+ words) On a classic episode of ID the Future out of the vault, host and evolutionary biologist Jonathan McLatchie sits down with software R&D engineer Jonathan Bartlett to discuss Bartlett's work on the" Download file | Play in new window | Duration:…...
Internationalists Want WHO to Have Power Beyond Mere Guidance
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (369+ words) I read John R. Puri's post urging the U.S. to rejoin the World Health Organization because, 1) it is merely an advisory body and 2), it collects valuable health data. But Puri underplayed the overarching influence WHO exercised on national governments and corporations in…...
Long Necks and Tall Tales: Why Samotherium Isn’t Missing Link
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (418+ words) How did the giraffe get its long neck? It sounds like the beginning of a children's bedtime story, and it certainly has been that. But it's also a matter of serious scientific debate" Download file | Play in new window | Duration:…...
On the Origin of “Tall Blondes”: Correcting the Record on Giraffe Evolution
1+ week, 1+ day ago (311+ words) We've all admired the long, majestic neck of the giraffe, and the question remains: how did the giraffe get its long neck? Is it a product of an evolutionary process? Or was a process of foresight and" Download file | Play…...
Obama Admits Housing First was a Losing Strategy
1+ week, 1+ day ago (181+ words) Last weekend, former President Barack Obama acknowledged a blunt political reality: "The average person doesn't want to have to navigate around a tent city in the middle of downtown " and we're not going to be able to generate support [for…...
No Thinking Without a Thinker: Dr. Mihretu Guta on Consciousness
1+ week, 4+ day ago (412+ words) Starting this month, ID The Future listeners will get to enjoy a new episode each month (as well as a bingecast archive episode) from our sister podcast Mind Matters News, a production of the" Download file | Play in new window…...
COSM Session: Educating the Tech Workforce
1+ week, 5+ day ago (95+ words) COSM, a technology summit held in Scottsdale, included an important main stage session with Discovery Institute Senior Fellow and Director of the American Center for Transforming Education Keri D. Ingraham, former Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, and Founder of Love Your School…...