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Remembering Michael Ruse: William A. Dembski; November 6, 2024; 20; Intelligent Design

Getting Stoned: Did It Shape Human Origins?: Denyse O'Leary; November 5, 2024; 6; Human Origins

The Aladdin Factor: Why Troubled Kids Fare Better Than Foster Kids: Marvin Olasky; November 1, 2024; 5; Homelessness

Fighting for the Rights of . . . Antarctica?: Wesley J. Smith; October 30, 2024; 4; Human Exceptionalism

ICYMI: A Very Special Day!: Keri D. Ingraham; October 30, 2024; 3; Education

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Rita Marker, the Great Anti-Assisted Suicide Champion, Has Died at 83

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November 5, 2024
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The great anti-euthanasia warrior, Rita Marker, has died at 83 after a long illness. Rita was in Europe in the mid 1980s and, out of curiosity, attended an international right-to-die convention. She was so alarmed by what she heard, she and her late husband and soulmate Mike Marker, formed the nonprofit International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force (later renamed the Patients Rights Council).

Video

Keri D. Ingraham Discusses Protecting Girls’ Sports & Privacy on Victory News

Keri D. Ingraham Discusses Protecting Girls’ Sports & Privacy on Victory News: American Center for Transforming Education; October 18, 2024; Education

The Robot Repairmen Inside You (Secrets of the Cell, Ep. 9): Michael J. Behe; October 11, 2024; Intelligent Design

Are We Passing the Israel Test? George Gilder Appears on The Bill Walton Show: George Gilder; October 9, 2024; Foreign Policy

Science Professor Canceled by Atheists Because He Exposed Students to Evidence of Intelligent Design: Eric Hedin; October 7, 2024; Intelligent Design

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Podcast

How the Origin of Our Digits Points to Process of Foresight

_{Jonathan McLatchie
November 4, 2024}

Let’s talk about your digits. No, not your phone number – your fingers and toes, those dangling things on the ends of our hands and feet! Ever wondered how they form during embryonic development? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes back Dr. Jonathan McLatchie to discuss the incredible process of apoptosis that shapes our fingers and toes, and why the operation is better explained by intelligent design than a stepwise evolutionary process. Apoptosis is actually a precise form of programmed cell death. During early development, the hands and feet begin as solid, webbed structures. Through carefully controlled apoptosis, the tissue between them is eliminated, facilitating the separation of the digits. The role of apoptosis can be compared with the work of a …

At The Origin of Life, There’s No Shortcut to Energy-Harnessing

_{Rob Stadler
November 1, 2024}

On today’s ID the Future out of the vault, Stairway to Life co-author Rob Stadler and host Eric Anderson delve deeper into Challenge to Origin of Life: Energy Harnessing, an episode of the Long Story Short intelligent design video series. Could the first cell have been much simpler than any current cell, making it easier for it to emerge through blind natural forces on the early Earth? Stadler and Anderson surface one big problem with that idea: in experiments to make relatively simple cells even simpler, the cells inevitably become less robust and adaptable. These simpler cells must be coddled to survive. But the first cell on earth would have been anything but coddled. Tune in to learn more!

How Human Trafficking Flourishes in the Age of Social Media and How We Can Push Back

_{Robert J. Marks II
October 31, 2024}

It’s tempting to think that human trafficking is a problem in a far-away land. Unfortunately, it’s much closer. Like in our back yard closer. On this episode, host Robert J. Marks speaks with Charlie Crockett, head educational trainer with Unbound Now, an organization that works to combat human trafficking through education, training, victim services, and partnerships with law enforcement. The pair discuss how online technologies like social media are used to recruit victims and exploit their vulnerabilities. Crockett explains just how prevalent this dehumanizing criminal practice has become. Human trafficking, including sex trafficking and labor trafficking, is a major problem in the United States, with an estimated 313,000 victims in the state of Texas alone. An estimated 40 …

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“Fentanyl Death Incorporated” Private Screening

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Discovery Insitute is pleased to invite our supporters and friends to a private screening of a significant new documentary, Fentanyl Death Incorporated. The event will feature Discovery Institute Senior Fellow, fentanyl expert, and former White House Policy Advisor, Dr. Robert Marbut, who served as Senior Producer. The film documents the trail of Fentanyl from China to Mexico and Canada, and then to the US through a series of visits to these countries while interviewing the top law enforcement agents, undercover US intelligence officers, DEA agents, medical professionals, policymakers, former addicts and families impacted by this crisis. The skyrocketing addiction and deaths make our country the epicenter for multi-billion-dollar criminal enterprise, with the …

The Latest

Remembering Michael Ruse

Getting Stoned: Did It Shape Human Origins?

The Aladdin Factor: Why Troubled Kids Fare Better Than Foster Kids

Fighting for the Rights of . . . Antarctica?

ICYMI: A Very Special Day!

Rita Marker, the Great Anti-Assisted Suicide Champion, Has Died at 83

Video

Keri D. Ingraham Discusses Protecting Girls’ Sports & Privacy on Victory News

The Robot Repairmen Inside You (Secrets of the Cell, Ep. 9)

Are We Passing the Israel Test? George Gilder Appears on The Bill Walton Show

Science Professor Canceled by Atheists Because He Exposed Students to Evidence of Intelligent Design