Politics

Easy as a Sunday Morning 2
- Politics, Religion
- May 30, 2023
We often complain about public schools and how terribly they’re educating our children these days, continually suggesting one solution after another to improve scores and produce more well-rounded students ready for the real world. Unfortunately, these solutions include everything under the heavens except for the one thing that could actually help: religion. Before you laugh
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Why Do We Keep Underestimating Kids?3
- Politics, Family
- May 26, 2023
Child protection laws and policies that determine at what age kids can do things on their own are often wildly out of whack with actual child development — and grossly underestimate kids’ capabilities. That’s not just ME saying that. (Even though I always do.) Now it’s all there in a comprehensive review just published in
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21 Men Chose Death Over Renouncing Their Christian Faith. Why?0
- Politics, Religion
- May 25, 2023
On February 12, 2015 occurred one of the most dramatic of the many atrocities committed by the Islamic State at the height of its power. Kneeling in orange jump suits on the shores of the Mediterranean near the Libyan city of Sirte were 21 men – 20 Egyptian Copts and one Ghanian. Behind each of
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Evil Is Rising, but Despair Is Not an Option 1
- Politics, Philosophy
- May 24, 2023
To many people, the world seems to make less and less sense with each passing day. Values we once cherished and that bound civil society together face daily bombardment. Offensive things are routinely said and done today in ways intended to inflame and divide. Freedoms we took for granted—freedoms of thought, speech, press, religion—are under
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The Conflict Over History 0
- Politics, History
- May 23, 2023
A recent report of the National Assessment of Educational Progress revealed a dramatic fall in history test scores among eighth graders. Given all the discussions and concerns about the health of our democracy, the decline of historical knowledge among young people seems particularly alarming. An ignorance of the nation’s democratic history clearly imperils the ability
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Meant for Evil, Used for Good 4
- Politics, Religion
- May 22, 2023
Have you ever had a “Joseph moment”? I had one the other day. By Joseph, I’m referencing the biblical character—Abraham’s great-grandson—who was the second youngest of 12 brothers. Although favored by his father, he was hated by his brothers, who soon sold him as a slave to Egypt. (What a great family, huh?) While in
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