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The Free Markets Case You Haven’t Heard About 0
- Politics, Culture
- December 7, 2022
A small, independent website designer in Colorado is getting national attention. Why? The US Supreme Court heard a case on Monday about whether the government can force her to say something that goes against her personal beliefs. While it’s one of the biggest free-speech cases this Supreme Court term, you may not have heard about
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A Cure for Our Narcissistic Culture 13
- Culture
- December 6, 2022
America is in the thrall of a new addiction. The old standbys, alcohol and drugs, continue to destroy individuals, families, and friendships. The COVID lockdowns made things even worse, with men and women turning to booze and pills for solace against loneliness and lost jobs. Meanwhile, the flood of fentanyl across our southern border is
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Should Everyone Go to College?3
- Education, Politics
- December 6, 2022
The call for college to be made “free” to all who want it rests on a number of assumptions, most of them self-serving, some of them well-founded, and at least one that goes to the heart of our cultural, political, and economic ills as a nation. The most important self-serving assumption is that education, like
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Finding Hope in These Trying Times 10
- Religion, Culture
- December 5, 2022
It was Election Day, and I was working in the DL Campus Coffee Shop, a church-affiliated establishment on Front Royal’s Main Street. A confession: I don’t write in this café because of its Jesus posters and religious music but because it’s quiet, the staff is pleasant, and patrons generally avoid bellowing into their phones as
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What’s Missing From the Abortion Conversation 11
- Politics, Culture
- December 5, 2022
The woman on the phone was crying. She had told friends about her miscarriage, and they had rushed to offer support. Unfortunately, that only made her feel more isolated, she said, because her friends said things like “I’m so sorry this happened to you” – phrases that each time reminded her that she had lied.
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Reviving the Church: How to Get Young People in the Pews 15
- Religion, Culture
- December 2, 2022
Only 54 percent of Christians aged 18–35 attend church once a month or more. Meanwhile, Christianity is rapidly declining in the American population, especially in the younger generations. The secularization of society is evident wherever we turn, and it will only worsen as young people continue to turn away from Christianity. To survive, the church
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