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Aerial view of historic church steeple and sunset in Beaufort, South Carolina.

Religious Freedom is the First Freedom — and You Can Help Save It

The International Religious Freedom Summit this weekend (January 31-February 1) comes at a moment when people of faith all over the world are under growing pressure. Read More ›
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Conference on Engineering in Living Systems

CELS brings together leading engineers and biologists in order to: (1) apply engineering principles to better understand biological systems, (2) craft a design-based theoretical framework that explains and predicts the behaviors of living systems, and (3) develop research programs that demonstrate the engineering principles at work in living systems. Read More ›
Don NIelsen Interview

What Did You Learn Traveling the Country?

You spent two years traveling the country (visiting 19 states, meeting with 5 Governors) studying K-12 education. Tell us about that journey and some key highlights and takeaways.

Don NIelsen Interview

What Does Your Game Plan Include?

In your book, Every School: One Citizen’s Guide to Transforming Education, you outline a game plan for transforming K-12 education at the state level. What does that game plan include?

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Young pea (Pisum) sprouts in a sunny vegetable garden

The Fear of Suffering Is Driving Us Crazy

But eliminating suffering is impossible. Not only is the goal Utopian, but it leads to ever-more-extreme distortions of decency and a collapse of public policy rationality—which ironically, can cause the very “evil” that suffering abolitionists yearn so desperately to prevent. Read More ›
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Pilgrim Fathers arrive in America.. Date: December 1620

Faith, Gratitude, And Perseverance: Americans Have Much To Learn From The Pilgrim Story

With our country passing through troubled times, it is worth revisiting the Pilgrims’ five significant achievements, which created the seminal story of America, and reveal remarkable insight into who we are and the qualities of character we need to overcome our present challenges. Read More ›
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2023 Dallas Conference on Science & Faith

How has Christianity contributed to the rise of modern science? What do the latest scientific discoveries tell us about the existence of God? Explore these questions, and more, at Discovery Institute's 5th-annual Dallas Conference on Science & Faith. Read More ›