Friday, Sept 7, 2018

PART I Why it should tell us a great deal that the leading headlines of this week have not been about the Kavanaugh hearings

PART II As America heads into uncharted waters, responsibility, rather than irresponsibility, is more important than ever

PART III Is all politics still local? What a political upset in Massachusetts tells us about America's political trajectory

Thursday, Sept 6, 2018

PART I Why the divide is much deeper than liberal and conservative when it comes to interpreting the law

PART II Precedent, super-precedent, and settled law: Understanding the code language behind the effort to protect abortion rights

PART III Should we eliminate summer break? Why such an effort will struggle to gain any political traction

Wednesday, Sept 5, 2018

PART I How the politicization of Supreme Court nominees has reached points we couldn’t have imagined just a decade ago

PART II From the left or the right, why the issues we face are too fundamental to be settled with a third way

PART III Politics, animal style: In 2018, even our burgers have been politicized

PART IV Former Arizona senator Jon Kyl appointed to fill remainder of John McCain’s term. What impact will this have on the United States Senate?

Tuesday, Sept 4, 2018

PART I All eyes on the nation’s capital as Kavanaugh confirmation hearings begin in US Senate

PART II America’s political left decries outcome-based law, yet fails to acknowledge their role in pioneering this approach

PART III What should Christians be watching for in this week’s confirmation hearings?

PART IV After outcry from Christian communities, California legislator pulls bill that would have threatened religious liberty

Friday, Aug 31, 2018

PART I The sexual revolutionaries have learned this truth: If you can change the language, you can change the entire society

PART II As sex education begins at age 4 in the Netherlands, an entire transformation of moral reality is underway

PART III Why sex education must deal with moral questions and can never merely be about anatomy and physiology

PART IV If there are more computers than books in your college library, there just might be a problem

Thursday, Aug 30, 2018

PART I Why America’s political parties have moved further from the center over the past half-century

PART II The new reality of American politics: In an era of division, our elections are turning out to be more and more a ‘battle of the edge cases’

PART III In the midst of Catholic civil war, Chicago cardinal makes light of abuse cover-up allegations

Wednesday, Aug 29, 2018

PART I Why do we lie? What we learn from watching the secular world grapple with the big questions of life

PART II As families turn to Netflix they find increasingly explicit content and insufficient parental controls

PART III Neil Simon, the sadness behind humor, and how comedy reveals something about each of us

Tuesday, Aug 28, 2018

PART I What would a post-Christian society look like? Just look at Ireland

PART II Why are newcomers to Canada more religious than those who were born in Canada?

PART III Even in the world’s ‘happiest’ countries, pressure to be happy leads to ‘happiness inequality’

Monday, Aug 27, 2018

PART I John McCain, the importance of the US Senate, his legacy of military service, and concept of honor

PART II ‘Atomic bomb’ dropped on papacy: Former Vatican ambassador to US testifies that Pope Francis knew about specific sexual abuse in Roman Catholic Churc

PART III As LGBT activists seek judicial redefinition of decades-old legislation, media avoid dealing honestly with the real issue

Friday, Aug 24, 2018

PART I According to Chelsea Clinton, you should support abortion for economic reasons. Why this is a truly wretched argument

PART II Power of Planned Parenthood on display as amendment to defund abortion provider fails in US Senate

PART III Why the promised economic boost from cannabis may not be all good news