Discovery Institute

Established in 1991 by Bruce Chapman and George Gilder, the Discovery Institute is a non-profit and non-partisan organization dedicated to research, education, and cultural renewal. Based in Seattle, it connects a growing international community of scholars, scientists, and policy experts. The Institute explores the transformative potential of a universe filled with information and intelligent design. It pays particular attention to how advancements in science and technology can enhance free markets, drive innovation, clarify public policy, and promote human dignity along with the philosophical underpinnings of a free society. The Discovery Institute supports research across various fields, including the sciences, humanities, and public policy. It hosts conferences, seminars, and educational initiatives for both youth and adults, while also producing and sharing books, articles, reports, and a diverse range of multimedia resources aimed at educating the public.

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The Toxic Patterns that Keep People on the Streets

2 weeks ago | discovery.org | Jonathan Choe

Share Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Flipboard Print View at YouTube Seattle voters say the homeless drug crisis remains a top three issue. But the Harrell administration is still engaged in a game of Whack-a-Mole and has failed to find long-term solutions. That’s because they’re not addressing the drivers of this humanitarian disaster which include drug addiction, mental illness, and broken relationships. Instead, city officials are touting the wrong metrics for success such as the number of...
Seattle Government Ignores Suffering of Chinatown

1 month ago | discovery.org | Jonathan Choe

Each day, Asian American grandmas have to walk through this gauntlet of drug addicts and maneuver around the black market of stolen goods on King Street. “The police here just kind of chase them away, and like, two hours later, they come back,” says one resident. Right across the street is Ho Mai Park. Instead of laughter coming from children, it’s overrun by men and women smoking fentanyl.
Three kinds of secularism, three critiques of centralism

1 month ago | discovery.org | Marvin Olasky

Thomas Howard’s Broken Altars: Secularist Violence in Modern History (Yale University Press, 2025) brilliantly flips the meme summarized by Christopher Hitchens in the title of his 2007 book, God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. I debated Hitchens that year and offered examples of Christian compassion that should have pushed him off absolutism, but he was adamant: “Everything.”Howard, though, shows how extreme secularism poisons societies.
Homeless Relocation Program Exposed

1 month ago | discovery.org | Jonathan Choe

When San Francisco’s homeless are ready to reunite with friends and family, they can simply pick up the phone and call a hotline connecting them to journey home, a city program providing free one-way tickets out of temptation and human suffering. Rules say the transportation is exclusively for the homeless. But a joint investigation by Frontlines Turning Point USA and Discovery Institute shows that’s not always the case.
East of Eden and Easter

2 months ago | discovery.org | Marvin Olasky

Eight days from now comes the most controversial day of the year. Easter bunnies and eggs (if you can afford the latter) mask the debate, but Gary Habermas jumps into it in On the Resurrection: Refutations (B&H Academic, 2024). Unlike other books that merely assert what the Gospels say, Habermas painstakingly undermines one by one the arguments that Jesus was not resurrected.
Plato’s Revenge

2 months ago | discovery.org | David Klinghoffer

First there was the genetic revolution — the discovery that physical structures in the cell, including DNA and RNA, shape every organism. Now, says evolutionary biologist Richard Sternberg, we are overdue for another and more profound revolution. Recent findings reveal that genetic and even epigenetic sources alone cannot account for the rich dynamism of life — not even close. Some other informational source is required.
Oakland Residents Demand Accountability and Change

Mar 28, 2025 | discovery.org | Jonathan Choe

We are on the ground in Oakland, CA and some neighborhoods are an absolute disaster. A sense of lawlessness overwhelms the streets. But Seneca Scott is leading a movement that could help bring in a new mayor and turn around this failing city. Imagine dealing with the worst homeless crisis in the Bay area, crime spiraling out of control, and a public school system in shambles. This is a daily reality for Oakland, California.
Keri Ingraham

Mar 24, 2025 | discovery.org | Keri D. Ingraham

Keri at White House resized Education A Special White House Invitation Education On Thursday, Keri D. Ingraham, Director of the American Center for Transforming Education, was at the White House at the invitation of President Trump for the “Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities” executive order unveiling and signing ceremony. Education Keri D.
Dueling Definitions of Compassion

Mar 21, 2025 | discovery.org | Marvin Olasky

In the U.S. Capitol 30 years ago, on March 23, 1995, Rep. Glenn Poshard (D., Illinois) advocated for more federal spending for the poor and homeless.
San Francisco: From Doom Loop to Boom Loop

Mar 20, 2025 | discovery.org | Jonathan Choe

Is San Francisco making a comeback? A new mayor and a new approach to the homelessness and drug crises could be a game changer for the city that has long been mired in crime, chaos, and death. Jonathan Choe reports. Parts of San Francisco have been described as being stuck in a perpetual doom loop. A never-ending pattern of crime, chaos, and death. But some of the most problematic neighborhoods in the city could be getting ready to break out of this vicious cycle.