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By: Texas Tribune Staff –  apps.texastribune.org – May 27, 2019 Texas’ top political leaders wrapped the 2019 session of the Texas Legislature on Memorial Day with an air of accomplishment. They passed two major pieces of legislation that they had been working toward for years — a finance boost and a bill aimed at slowing the growth of property taxes….

By: S. Joshua Swamidass – wsj.com – May 9, 2019 As the technology advances, science and religion should each give the other its due. Science fiction often depicts artificial intelligence as technical minds embodied in humanlike bodies. Think Commander Data of “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” In reality, AI is mindless and usually disembodied. Yet it’s still important, and scientists shouldn’t be…

By: Staff – erlc.com – April 11, 2019 Preamble As followers of Christ, we are called to engage the world around us with the unchanging gospel message of hope and reconciliation. Tools like technology are able to aid us in this pursuit. We know they can also be designed and used in ways that dishonor God and devalue our fellow image-bearers….

By Heather Mac Donald – city-journal.org – May 16, 2019 For decades, the College Board defended the SAT, which it writes and administers, against charges that the test gives an unfair advantage to middle-class white students. No longer. Under relentless pressure from the racial-preferences lobby, the Board has now caved to the anti-meritocratic ideology of “diversity.” The Board will calculate for each SAT-taker…

By Heather Mac Donald – city-journal.org – May 16, 2019 For decades, the College Board defended the SAT, which it writes and administers, against charges that the test gives an unfair advantage to middle-class white students. No longer. Under relentless pressure from the racial-preferences lobby, the Board has now caved to the anti-meritocratic ideology of “diversity.” The Board will calculate for each SAT-taker…

By: Lowell Ponte – wnd.com – May 19, 2019 BRAVE NEW SCHOOLS The College Board is expanding its new system that assigns takers of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) a new score to tell college admissions officers whether each of them was privileged, coming from rich parents and good neighborhoods and schools, or “disadvantaged” by coming from poor families, high-crime…

By: Kevin Daley – dailysignal.com – May 28, 2019 The Supreme Court reinstated an Indiana law Tuesday requiring abortion clinics to cremate or bury fetal remains. In an apparent compromise, however, the justices declined to review a second provision of the Indiana law that banned abortions on the basis of sex, race, or disability. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said…

By: Maria Mercedes Galuppo – aol.com – May 27th 2019 Gillette’s latest ad campaign is certainly giving people a lot to talk about. Gillette shared a new ad on Facebook with the caption “Whenever, wherever, however it happens”, where a father is seen tenderly teaching his transgender son how to shave. The ad says quote, “Now don’t be scared, shaving is about…

By: Ryan W. Miller – usatoday.com – May 27, 2019 Big mountain climber Adrian Ballinger guides novice climbers to the tallest peaks in the world and has summited Everest eight times in eleven attempts. He says athletic ability alone won’t guarantee success. Time A British climber who collapsed on the descent from Mount Everest’s summit became the latest in a string of…

By: Ryan P. Burge – christianitytoday.com – May 24, 2019 By now, Southern Baptists recognize that their movement is in a decline that shows no signs of changing course. By their own measures, they’re not adding as many new believers to their flocks each year—the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) went from baptizing 321,000 in 2007 to 246,000 last year. Plus, despite adding…

By: Myron Magnet – wsj.com – May 22, 2019 Justice Stephen Breyer lamented last week that the Supreme Court had overturned “a well-reasoned decision that has caused no serious practical problems in the four decades since we decided it.” Dissenting from Justice Clarence Thomas’s majority decision in Franchise Tax Board v. Hyatt, Justice Breyer added: “Today’s decision can only cause one to wonder…