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By Jonathan Dolhenty, Ph.D. An analysis of nonsense in areas as broad as social behavior, political policy, and science can be complex and intimidating. Since...

THOMAS JEFFERSON LEADERSHIP ... this morning arrived the quarter you were so kind as to send me of the Mammoth-veal . tho’ so far advanced...

American Minute with Bill Federer Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis recommended in 1844 that doctors at Vienna General Hospital wash their hands after doing autopsies and before...

Weekly Story Samuel Morse relates the story of the first use of his invention.   I need only add that no words could have been selected more...

THE PROBLEM OF KNOWLEDGE: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO EPISTEMOLOGY BY JONATHAN DOLHENTY, PH.D. Part Four: The Sources of Knowledge All of us have stored away millions...

It seems scientism passes for science these days STEWART DOMPE, ADAM C. SMITH, THE FREEMAN There are rarely any happy prophets. To get headlines you have...

FOUNDERS CORNER MAJOR WORKS Wednesday, January 23, 1788 Miscellaneous Powers Conferred by the Constitution Considered THE fourth class comprises the following miscellaneous powers: A power "to promote the...

FOUNDERS CORNER: SPEECHES, PAMPHLETS, LETTERS, QUOTES John Adams, March 3, 1756 Natural philosophy is the art of deducing the general laws and properties of material substances...

PAUL C. "CHIP" KNAPPENBERGER, CATO INSTITUTE While the social cost of carbon (SCC) is still being mulled over by the Office of Management and Budget,...

THOMAS JEFFERSON LEADERSHIP I mention these things, to shew the nature of the correspondence which is carried on between societies instituted for the benevolent purpose...

BY MORTIMER J. ADLER, PH.D. Any consideration of science and philosophy presupposes some difference between them. According to the way in which we understand that...

CORRUPTION CHRONICLES The Obama Administration will make history by hiring the government’s first “Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity” to mastermind a multi-million-dollar effort that...

Wise leaders understand that freedom is the basis for all other advancements. "We have spent the prime of our lives in procuring them the precious blessing of liberty. Let them spend theirs in showing that it is the great parent of ... "

BY MORTIMER J. ADLER, PH.D. Excerpted from his book The Four Dimensions of Philosophy. I.We live in a culture in which science, along with its applications...

EDUCATION REPORTER, EAGLE FORUM At the Fifth Annual Northwest Conference on Teaching for Social Justice, race, class, white privilege, oppression, alternative lifestyles, identity – all...

By Jonathan Dolhenty, Ph.D. Life is a continuous succession of economic, moral, judicial, political, artistic, and literary phenomena, which are closely interwoven and constantly changing....

By Jonathan Dolhenty, Ph.D. Modern man is fascinated by science. Today he possesses a wider knowledge of scientific truths than ever before, and everything indicates...

American Minute with Bill Federer On JULY 20, 1969, Astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon, stating: "One small step for...

CORRUPTION CHRONICLES In the midst of the nation’s dire financial crisis, the U.S. government has given a former astronaut half a million dollars to launch...

BY RICKY VALADEZ Through the lens of science, that which appears to be mysterious is seen as simple and that which appears to be ordinary...

American Minute with Bill Federer "Houston, we've had a problem" were the words sent from Apollo 13, which was launched for the moon APRIL 11,...

American Minute with Bill Federer "Houston, we've had a problem" were the words sent from Apollo 13, which was launched for the moon APRIL 11,...

HEALTH, PETER FOWLER (Newsroom America): Researchers from the Children's Environmental Health Center at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York say they have found...

We must demand scientific rigour on climate change, or we will reap the consequences By Kelvin Kemm From my vantage point here in South Africa, I...

by Mortimer J. Adler, Ph.D. Ultimately there can be no disagreement between history, science, philosophy, and theology. Where there is disagreement, there is either ignorance or...

by Mortimer J. Adler, Ph.D. Traveling around the country I find that more and more people have an urge to pry into such difficult subjects...

by Mortimer J. Adler, Ph.D. With respect to philosophy, the following propositions must be affirmed. He who denies any one of them denies philosophy. I) Philosophy...

By Dennis Behreandt As the shuttle Atlantis makes its final orbits, NASA too may be making its last orbits, potentially circling down the drain. America’s space...

By Dennis Behreandt After ten years of tagging and tracking 23 of the Pacific Ocean’s top predators, the Census of Marine Life Tagging of...

By Alan Caruba In a revealing article in the April issue of The Atlantic, “Beyond BPA: Could ‘BPA-Free’ Products Be Just as Unsafe?” the effort...