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^{Marvin Olasky
April 19, 2024
Homelessness}

Homelessness in Colonial New England

_{Marvin Olasky
April 19, 2024
Homelessness}

Since starting this weekly column in June 2022 I’ve covered lots of topics, including homelessness in late medieval England — but I’ve shorted American history. Since today, April 19, is the anniversary of the battles in Lexington and Concord that started the Revolutionary War in 1775, it’s a good day on which to take a rapid ride through the New England countryside and summarize common responses to homelessness in the 17th and 18th centuries. Read More ›

^{Eric Cassell and Robert J. Marks II
April 19, 2024}

The High Tech Animal Navigation That Defies Darwinian Explanations

_{Eric Cassell and Robert J. Marks II
April 19, 2024}

On this classic episode of ID the Future from the vault, we spotlight the book Animal Algorithms: Evolution and the Mysterious Origin of Ingenious Instincts. The author, Eric Cassell, joins host and Baylor computer engineering professor Robert J. Marks to discuss the groundbreaking book and, in particular, the chapters on some of the animal kingdom’s most stunning navigators—the arctic tern, homing pigeons, the monarch butterfly, and the desert ant, among others. Read More ›

United States Supreme Court Building in Washington DC, USA.

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
April 18, 2024
Homelessness}

SCOTUS Will Hear Arguments in Controversial Homelessness Case that Will Impact Cities Nationwide

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
April 18, 2024
Homelessness}

As homelessness hits all-time highs across the country, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments next Monday about whether the enforcement of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property are constitutional. The case will determine how cities nationwide are allowed to respond to the crisis of homelessness. Read More ›

^{Selmer Bringsjord and Pat Flynn
April 18, 2024}

The Non-Physical Nature of Being: More with Dr. Selmer Bringsjord

_{Selmer Bringsjord and Pat Flynn
April 18, 2024}

^{Brian Miller and Andrew McDiarmid
April 17, 2024}

How Earth is Designed for Human Technology

_{Brian Miller and Andrew McDiarmid
April 17, 2024}

You may already know about the mounting evidence from physics, chemistry, biology, and related fields that suggests our universe was designed for large multi-cellular beings like ourselves. But did you know there is also evidence that Earth is uniquely fit for human technology? Read More ›

Man reading an e-book on the shore of a forest lake at sunset.

^{Bruce Chapman
April 16, 2024
Citizen Leadership}

Published Today: The Conservative Environmentalist

_{Bruce Chapman
April 16, 2024
Citizen Leadership}

Published today is Benji Backer’s book on how government ties up sound conservation policy in red tape that immobilizes real reform. Benji is a University of Washington grad I was proud to have as a Chapman Fellow at Discovery Institute a few years back. Read More ›

^{Denyse O'Leary and Casey Luskin
April 15, 2024}

How to Combat Censorship in Science

_{Denyse O'Leary and Casey Luskin
April 15, 2024}

Scientific censorship is on the rise. Governments are colluding with Big Tech to suppress unfavorable ideas. De-platforming and dismissal campaigns are all the rage. How do we prevent our society from slouching towards totalitarianism? On this ID The Future, host Casey Luskin welcomes science writer and journalist Denyse O'Leary to discuss today's forms of censorship, how it affects the intelligent design community, and most importantly, what we can do about it. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
April 15, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

Belgian Health-Fund President: Euthanize Old People to Save Money

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 15, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

Earlier this month, I noted that a U.K. columnist was pushing euthanasia for the elderly as a way of saving national resources. That call has now been echoed by a Belgian health-insurance official for one of the five mutual-fund companies that provide the country’s mandatory health- and disability-insurance policies. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
April 13, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

A Market in Human Kidneys Is a Bad Idea

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 13, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

It is sometimes said that desperate circumstances require desperate measures. But desperation can also lead to the exploitation of the vulnerable. Such would be the case if we created a market in live-donation human kidneys. Read More ›

^{Michael Egnor
April 13, 2024}

Did Consciousness Evolve?

_{Michael Egnor
April 13, 2024}

On this ID The Future episode from the vault, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor interviews Bernardo Kastrup, a philosopher with a background in computer engineering, about consciousness, evolution, and intelligent design. Did consciousness evolve? What does the evidence suggest? And how do materialists deal with the seemingly immaterial reality that is consciousness? Read More ›