Society & Culture

“A new book explores the shape-shifting nature of anti-Semitism through the centuries. What can we learn from the past as this virulent hatred recurs today among right and left forces alike?” - Acton

“Trump’s confidence ratings are down significantly in eight European nations since 2025, including drops of 15 percentage points in Greece and Italy.” - Pew

“Robert J. Marks welcomes economics professor and author Gary Smith to discuss the hype around artificial general intelligence (AGI) and AI’s impact on the market.” - ID the Future

“…according to a new poll by the Public Religion Research Institute, 64% of Americans do not want to live in a primarily Christian nation. Instead, they prefer an America of many faiths without a Christian majority.” - RNS

“We know that the world we’re living in is falling apart. We know that the digital age we were born into isn’t working. And so we long. We’re nostalgic for eras that we truly know nothing about because we’re convinced that somewhere, left behind in the ’80s and ’90s, is the thing we’re missing.” - TGC

“Some 54% of Evangelicals in the June 3-8 survey said Trump’s use of the military in Iran was not in line with their understanding of Christianity, while 41% said it was” - CPost

“For decades, researchers have argued that a key source of falling fertility was that men didn’t help out enough at home. It’s an appealing theory….This Father’s Day, it’s worth noting that this theory is almost certainly wrong: today’s dads do more than ever before.” - IFS

“Late last month, in the leadup to the story’s fifth anniversary, Canada’s paper of record The Globe and Mail finally ventured to ask: ‘The lowered flags, the vigils, the hundreds of millions in government funding, the national reckoning—what if all of it was dedicated to 215 burials that don’t exist?’” - Persuasion

“I’ve heard this trope a lot: ‘It’s just too expensive.’ Is it? Is that really the reason that the American family seems to be a dying breed? Many people seem to think so. Well, let’s dig into the numbers a little.” - P&D

“…in addition to sex between teenagers, majorities of 57% to 89% say seven behaviors are morally wrong: extramarital affairs, cloning humans, polygamy, suicide, cloning animals, pornography and changing one’s gender.” - Gallup