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My 2014 Talk at the University of Chicago: William A. Dembski; October 9, 2026; 5; Evolution

NY Times Aside, “Babies Are Obviously Conscious”: David Klinghoffer; October 8, 2026; 3; Neuroscience & Mind

HUD’s Homelessness Reforms Put Human Lives Ahead of Housing Bureaucracy: Michele Steeb; September 29, 2026; 5; Homelessness

Science is proving Richard Dawkins and the New Atheists wrong: Stephen C. Meyer; September 22, 2026; 7; Intelligent Design

Another Canadian Euthanasia Horror: Wesley J. Smith; September 22, 2026; 6; Human Exceptionalism

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Should Scientists Decide Policies About Wealth Inequality?

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 13, 2026
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Human Exceptionalism}

The other week, I discussed a Nature editorial advocating that scientists be required to “register” with the state. That policy, if enacted, would be a step toward establishing a technocratic rule-by-experts system by controlling what would be acceptable scientific discourse and who would be authorized to communicate about such matters. A new proposal, also in Nature, would push the West toward technocracy.

Video

Power, Politics, and Seattle’s Homelessness Machine

The Immortal Mind with Michael Egnor: The Center for Science and Culture; October 5, 2026; Intelligent Design

Wesley J. Smith Discusses Assisted Suicide and Nature Rights on Three Whisky Happy Hour Podcast: Center on Human Exceptionalism; October 5, 2026; Human Exceptionalism

The Statistical Gimmicks Hiding America’s Homelessness Crisis: Center on Wealth & Poverty; October 1, 2026; Homelessness

Historic Advancement of Education Freedom: American Center for Transforming Education; September 30, 2026; Education

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Podcast

Leasing the Sky: The Technology and Economics of Spectrum Sharing

_{Robert J. Marks II
October 7, 2026}

In this episode of Mind Matters News, host Robert J. Marks speaks with Baylor University spectrum experts Dr. Charles Baylis, Dr. Austin Egbert, and PhD candidate Jonathan Swindell about the nation’s pressing electromagnetic spectrum crisis. Have you ever thought about all of the electromagnetic waves in the room you’re in right now? You have invisible microwave cell phone signals in the air, plus all of the signals for broadcast television and AM and FM radio. Radiation from a GPS signal is there waiting for you to tap in. The range of frequencies in electromagnetic waves is known as the electromagnetic spectrum. And that spectrum is in great demand, with the rapid proliferation of personal wireless devices, radar network, and satellite weather sensors all competing for …

Restoring the Natural Theology Tradition That Fueled Modern Science

_{Alistair McKitterick
October 5, 2026}

What is the state of the debate over evolution and intelligent design in the UK? And how will Discovery Institute’s new Cambridge initiative impact the debate going forward? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes fellow Scotsman Dr. Alistair McKitterick, a Consulting Fellow at the Center for Science & Culture’s Whewell Center in Cambridge and a Program Director at London School of Theology. The pair will discuss how Alistair got interested in intelligent design, his work at the Whewell Center, and the state of the debate over evolution and intelligent design in the United Kingdom. Dr. McKitterick explains how intelligent design and natural theology provide a robust framework that challenges modern scientific materialism. It’s a fruitful worldview that …

Sam Brownback on Current Challenges to Religious Freedom

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 5, 2026}

Religious freedom — the ability to live and act according to one’s faith — is one of our most fundamental human rights. But as Western society has secularized, religious freedom seems to have been eclipsed by other concerns. Indeed, freedom of religion is too often devalued in the public square, and in some places in the world, is under direct — and even violent — assault. No one has put more thought into this urgent concern and what to do about it than Sam Brownback, returning for his sixth interview on Humanize. Sam Brownback served as Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom from February 2018 to January 2021. He served as Governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018. Prior to that he represented his home state in the United States Senate and the House of …

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My 2014 Talk at the University of Chicago

NY Times Aside, “Babies Are Obviously Conscious”

HUD’s Homelessness Reforms Put Human Lives Ahead of Housing Bureaucracy

Science is proving Richard Dawkins and the New Atheists wrong

Another Canadian Euthanasia Horror

Should Scientists Decide Policies About Wealth Inequality?

Video

The Immortal Mind with Michael Egnor

Wesley J. Smith Discusses Assisted Suicide and Nature Rights on Three Whisky Happy Hour Podcast

The Statistical Gimmicks Hiding America’s Homelessness Crisis

Historic Advancement of Education Freedom

Podcast

Leasing the Sky: The Technology and Economics of Spectrum Sharing

Restoring the Natural Theology Tradition That Fueled Modern Science

Sam Brownback on Current Challenges to Religious Freedom

Events

The Search for Truth: An Evening with Ambassador Sam Brownback

COSM Technology Summit 2026

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