Thursday, Sept 13, 2018

PART I Even in an increasingly secular age, most voters look for politicians to acknowledge something beyond politics

PART II The modern cult of fitness: Why physical activities are a poor substitute for spiritual realities

PART III In a world filled with people created in God’s image, no worldview, no culture, and no individual exists as an island

Wednesday, Sept 12, 2018

PART I Is America becoming more or less concerned about the abuse and exploitation of women?

PART II Moral confusion in the MeToo era: As Playboy reopens Manhattan club, corporate titan Les Moonves is ousted for sexual abuse

PART III Why only human sinfulness and the fall can explain the trend toward objectification and sexualization

PART IV It’s no surprise that a society that will objectify beauty and corrupt sex will also confuse age

Tuesday, Sept 11, 2018

PART I As the surveillance state in China expands, Communist Party in China detains, re-educates Uighur Muslims

PART II If you want to know what Marxism really looks like, just ask Christians in Beijing

PART III The Kavanaugh consternation: Political left makes it clear that their ideal judge is one with no background, no ideas, and no experience

PART IV Do we really want a Supreme Court that is above politics? Examining the cost of a judicial system controlled by bureaucrats

Monday, Sept 10, 2018

PART I The transgender revolution: Could ‘gender dysphoria’ actually be fueled by social contagion?

PART II When an academic controversy is not merely academic: The real life implications of a controversy over scientific research and transgender youth

PART III A clash of worldviews in India: Why the Christian and Hindu definitions of “nature” go deeper than the law

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