Monday, Jan. 22, 2018

PART I Politics at a fever pitch as limited government shutdown is underway,

PART II As thousands of women march, record numbers file to run for political office

PART III 45 years after Roe v. Wade decision, the American conscience remains unsettled on the question of abortion

PART IV How scientific developments have bolstered the pro-life argument

PART V As President Trump addresses March for Life, we pray for a shift in the ‘moral intuition’ of Americans

Friday, Jan. 19, 2018

PART I With loneliness on the rise, particularly among young people, Britain names a new government minister of loneliness

PART II Why children’s books in China are different from the same kinds of books in the United States

PART III Treason, spies, and betrayal are in the headlines once again

Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018

PART I A radical vision of abortion rights from the Canadian Prime Minister as government uses coercive power to further its own agenda

PART II A very different vision of abortion as an issue in South Korea

PART III Australian wedding vendors celebrate a new product line

PART IV One congregation celebrates same-sex weddings as a signal, but a signal of what?

Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018

PART I Blue America is growing bluer: Political swings in both New Jersey and New York show worldviews at work

PART II Why politics and hypocrisy go together so dangerously

PART III A tale of two letters: French accuse Americans of holding to a Puritan sexual morality

Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018

PART I In the name of eliminating all discrimination, University of Iowa discriminates against Christian student group

PART II Religious liberty threatened even more explosively as Chinese authorities dynamite major church

PART III Hard lessons learned in the state of California on the issues of work and welfare and the distinction between political intentions and political reality

PART IV A false warning that was heeded in Hawaii vs. a real warning that is being ignored to eternal peril

Monday, Jan. 15, 2018

PART I With the possibility of government shutdown only four days away, political crisis looms over Washington D.C.

PART II Why comprehensive immigration reform is needed, but should not be based on racial prioritization

PART III Language and morality...in the White House and in your house

PART IV A dream that was right: Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

Friday, Jan. 12, 2018

PART I Changing American religious landscape reveals changing American mission field as Muslim population grows significantly

PART II How the rise of social media has led to an increase in perfectionism amongst young people

PART III Americans turn to astrology apps in search of happiness and meaning

PART IV The Pope courts controversy with a circus

Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018

PART I New questions in the brave new world: Who gets to decide if human embryos are preserved or destroyed?

PART II Does what you drive indicate how you vote? Political scientists say “yes” according to an analysis of 50 million Google Images

PART III Looking at the moral revolution from the other side—a side fearful of the “re-moralization of sex”

Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018

PART I The Oprahfication of politics updated: Will Oprah run for president?

PART II Shareholders express concerns about the addictive power of social media and new technology. Should we be alarmed?

PART III Landslides, tsunamis, and hurricanes have all taken place: The power of metaphors to explain our moral moment

Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018

PART I The persistence of truth in an age of untruth: Is truth more important than ever before?

PART II California learns to sing the anthem of states rights as the rift grows between California and Washington D.C.

PART III The costly battle for our eyeballs intensifies in modern television programming

PART IV What can we learn—about ourselves and advertisers—from those constant drug ads?