...Authoritarians today are weaponizing the Bible, using it as a political cudgel. They want us to believe that mercy and wanting good order are mutually exclusive; they are not. They want us to think that...

A new report from Politico blew up the lengths to which Hunter Biden's legal team went to secure the sweetheart plea deal that would eventually fall apart under questioning from Judge Maryellen Noreika. 

Now that they are guided by the very wealthy and by multinational corporations that have investors to please, they advocate and work for the benefit of these new masters with the same enthusiasm.

A disturbing trend in America: New data reveals that suicides and drug overdoses climbed to a record high in 2022. The twin crises have been rapidly accelerating post-Covid and could be a symptom of a...

If ever there was a battle worth fighting, it’s the one over digital currency. Digital currency has become the most powerful tool on the planet, and here’s why: it offers a neat and tidy way for tyrants to control...

...The majority are "cultural Christians" and "mainstream dechurched evangelicals." The former group are the sort that grow up in nominally evangelical households—go to church occasionally...

...I'm not saying that you can't find those emotions or that satisfaction in other kinds of music, but my belief is that they're heightened in the classics. The great composers knew how to build with sound...

...Happiness is at least partially about how connected a person is to other humans, particularly through the mechanisms of family, faith and community. Liberals are less likely than to be tied to these institutions.

Islam’s ancient hate for — and paranoia against — the Christian cross is making news again.

...Nearly all faith leaders want to prevent abuse and protect kids. But many don’t know where to start. In actuality, many of the most effective safety practices are simple and can be implemented at little cost.

...Social Darwinism asserted that the principles of evolution, including natural selection, apply not only to biological species developing over long geologic times, but also to human societies and social classes.

...The interviews revealed that language describing climate change as a crisis and an urgent threat was met with suspicion by many participants. The disconnect between crisis rhetoric and their own beliefs...

Oregon’s drug legalization “hasn’t gone as planned,” according to The Atlantic, and has been “an unmitigated disaster,” according to Oregon Clackamas County Commissioner Ben West...

...It’s increasingly difficult to remember our particularity in the digital age. The Internet leads to “context collapse.” It places into a space that is intrinsically faceless and lacks geographic borders.

The middle class in the U.S. has been steadily shrinking for decades, but in recent years our leaders have greatly accelerated that process. In 2020, 2021 and 2022 they absolutely flooded the system with new...

What is the long-term Democrat strategy that requires such short-term malodorous skullduggery?

...It is a weighty issue to send a president to prison—an act that has never happened. In an emotional age, Democrats eager to send Trump to prison should not underestimate the burden of that decision.

...Almost every institution that provided companionship — marriage, children, church, service clubs (Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, etc.) — has been in decline.

...he issue that perplexes and surprises me the most is that very few church leaders and members are even acknowledging the death of evangelism in their congregations and denominations.