Tuesday, Nov 6, 2018

PART I The watching world tries to understand how evangelicals are engaging the public square

PART II Why would people want to identify as evangelicals? Understanding the questions of identity and the American political landscape

PART III Supreme Court to rule on War Memorial Cross, has opportunity to clarify their own confusing jurisprudence

Monday, Nov. 5, 2018

PART I For the left and the right, Tuesday’s midterm elections are being hailed as the ‘most important election of our lifetime.’ Is this true?

PART II Renegotiating democratic norms: How the old game of electoral politics is being played by new rules

PART III Four more states prepare to vote on legalization of marijuana, proving that politics doesn’t stay local for long

Friday, Nov 2, 2018

PART I As Americans face electoral Rorschach test, both political parties seek to address big questions in Tuesday’s election

PART II Why American voters generally, and Democrats specifically, are more interested in presidential elections than midterm elections

PART III The unavoidable human equation: When casting a ballot, are we voting for personality, character, or ideas?

Thursday, Nov 1, 2018

PART I How do Christianity and Islam differ on the issues of blasphemy and honor?

PART II As Europe sends contradictory messages on blasphemy laws, we see that a secular society can’t stay secular for long

PART III The politicization of ice cream: Ben & Jerry’s joins the ‘Resistance’ in most recent display of corporate activism

Wednesday, Oct 31, 2018

PART I Same-sex IVFA baby ‘carried’ by two different mothers? Why a new IVF technology is the ultimate manipulation of the reproductive process

PART II Halloween meets the new age mush that has come to define so much of society

PART III What’s really behind the contemporary resurgence of witchcraft?

Tuesday, Oct 30, 2018

PART I In response to corruption and economic turmoil, Brazil turns to the right in Sunday’s presidential election

PART II Why order is a precondition for liberty in a representative democracy

PART III A moral revolution in primetime: What the record number of LGBTQ characters on TV tells us about this cultural moment

PART IV Why cultural bankruptcy is a far more serious concern than corporate bankruptcy

Monday, Oct 29, 2018

PART I After Pittsburgh synagogue attack, Christians must be clear that any form of anti-Semitism is incompatible with the gospel of Jesus Christ

PART II How do we place the evil we have witnessed over the past week in the larger context of history and a Christian worldview?

PART III Politics, while inevitable, cannot carry the weight of the moral challenge America faces

Friday, Oct 26, 2018

PART I ‘It’s hard to hate up close’: Why the partisan divide isn’t really as bad as cable news would lead you to believe

PART II Exchanging laughs for applause: What are we looking for in entertainment?

PART III Berenstain Bears and the moral importance of the stories we tell our children

PART IV Beauty, morality, and Disney princesses: The real danger of associating good and evil with cultural conventions of attractiveness

Thursday, Oct 25, 2018

PART I Acts of domestic terrorism remind us that a sinful world is all too often a violent world

PART II Who is to blame? Understanding the real risk of whataboutism and the temptation of moral evasion

PART III First woman to sit on Supreme Court, former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor announces Alzheimer's diagnosis

Wednesday, Oct 24, 2018

PART I Claims and counterclaims abound as migrant caravan moves north through Mexico

PART II Why any sane nation must have an immigration policy that protects its borders and defines its own citizenship

PART III Underneath political divide over transgender identity is a worldview divide over what it means to be male and female