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?

Monday, Jan. 8, 2018

PART I Virtue signaling and moral messaging at the Golden Globes

PART II Why are teenagers so attracted to dystopian fiction?

PART III Secular advice to reform moral character

PART IV Major American newspaper tells parents to celebrate when their children learn how to lie

Friday, Jan. 5, 2018

PART I 2018 is going to be a pivotal year on the question of marijuana

PART II If something is legal, is it now moral?

PART III The moral crisis over a baby in Texas and the vexing question of surrogate parenting

PART IV The lessons of history from Iran

Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018

PART I Mormon President’s death highlights differences between historic Christianity and Mormonism

PART II Should the Mormon church be considered a Christian denomination?

PART III In spite of “official” doctrine, Mennonite church continues leftward trend

PART IV Another strange milestone in the sexual and moral revolution

Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018

PART I U.S. government runs an operation to investigate U.F.O.s—why do we find the question so interesting?

PART II Further evidence of the moral chasm that separates Americans

PART III Why some moral questions can’t be reduced to dollars and cents