By: Joe Pinsker – theatlantic.com – September 25, 2018 In the past 10 years, the percentage of American marriages that end in divorce has fallen, and in a new paper, the University of Maryland sociologist Philip Cohen quantified the drop-off: Between 2008 and 2016, the divorce rate declined by 18 percent overall. After accounting for the rising average age of...

By: Joe Carter – thegospelcoalition.org – September 25, 2018 The Story: A new study finds that most Christian workers in America know how their work serves God or a higher purpose. But too many still don’t have a fully biblical view of vocation. The Background: Barna Group, a religion and social research firm, in partnership with Abilene Christian University, released...

By: Alexandra Desanctis – nationalreview.com – September 24, 2018 It’s been nearly a year since Ronan Farrow torpedoed the career of Harvey Weinstein, printing in The New Yorker a series of credible accusations that the Hollywood producer had sexually abused several women. His piece touched off a firestorm that led to purges of incredibly powerful men in a variety of...

By: Jordan Fabian & Scott Wong – thehill.com – September 21, 2018 The White House and congressional Republicans are blaming one another for a difficult political environment that has bolstered Democrats’ chances of winning control of the House, and possibly the Senate. Republicans on Capitol Hill say President Trump’s lack of discipline and penchant for controversy has put them at...

By: Rob Schwarzwälder – stream.org – September 8, 2018 “What we heard is the noise of democracy,” declared Democratic Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, praising those who tried to break up Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s hearing. “This is what happens in a free country when people can stand up and speak and not be jailed, imprisoned, tortured or killed...

By: Matt Vespa – townhall.com – September 6, 2018 For liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans, it’s an easy choice regarding the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Both sides have made up their minds weeks before these hearings, which have devolved into total clown shows, started this week. With former Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl being tapped to serve the...

By: David French – nationalreview.com – September 5, 2018 We hear a lot about norms these days. We live in a time when alleged pre-existing norms of decency, civility, and respect are being cast aside for the sake of “winning.” The ends justify the means, and a dignified loser is just that: a loser. There is a real sense that...

By: Hannah Giorgis – theatlantic.com – September 5, 2018 Monday afternoon, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick tweeted a tightly cropped grayscale photo of his face, emblazoned with a simple message: “Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.” Below Kaepernick’s lips, the Nike logo accompanied the company’s pithy slogan: “Just do it.” For Kaepernick, the “something”...

By: John R. Lott, Jr. – townhall.com – September 3, 2018 Politicians at Senator McCain’s funeral were bemoaning the loss of civility in politics, and Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing this week for the Supreme Court surely promises to prove that. There definitely has been a decline in political civility in recent years. Some say it started with Robert Bork’s...

By: Ben Gittleson & David Wright – abcnews.go.com – August 28, 2018 Pope Francis has no intention of stepping down as he fights accusations that he protected a former archbishop accused of sexual abuse, Italian news agency ANSA reported, citing “close associates” of the pope. The pontiff was “embittered” by a letter written by the Vatican’s former ambassador to the...