Society & Culture

“In a recent column for The New York Times, Ezra Klein proclaims that Donald Trump and the MAGA movement have killed the ‘vibe shift.’ The cultural momentum that conservatives gained post-pandemic, particularly in the last year of the Biden presidency, is gone, Klein writes.

“Before the emergence of the modern hospice movement, dying had become institutionalized, with most deaths occurring in sterile hospital rooms rather than in one’s own bed…. But now the hospice movement has run into serious trouble.” - Humanize

“Among Protestants, Catholics, and Jews, those who grew up Protestant and have remained so are most likely to say they still identify as such because they still believe the teachings (71%), it fulfills their spiritual needs (66%), and it gives their lives meaning (61%).” - Lifeway

“The disorder under which Americans are now suffering, the ramifications of which have only just begun to be realized, is what inevitably happens when an American president disregards the rule of law, insisting that he is limited only by his own sense of morality—a sense of morality that in this case does not quite seem to exist.” - The Dispatch

“…law enforcement has always existed, but its power has always been restrained. Indeed, the Fourth Amendment was adopted precisely to prohibit arrests and detentions based on mere suspicion or official convenience. In America, suspicion is insufficient” - World

“77% of U.S. adults now say they have a great deal (28%) or fair amount of confidence (49%) in scientists to act in the public’s best interests…. Americans’ confidence in scientists remains lower than it was prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.” - Pew

“Candace Owens has received a cease and desist letter from Turning Point USA demanding that she ‘cease her disparaging comments’ about the organization, which includes implying that some of its staff might have played a part in Charlie Kirk’s murder” - CPost

“Sixteen years ago, my wife and I winnowed all our earthly possessions to eight suitcases, turned down a pair of six-figure incomes, and became missionary physicians in rural Africa. In doing so, I thought I was choosing a life of modest poverty. Instead, I discovered I was an amazingly rich tycoon.” - Mere Orthodoxy

“Asked if anything could constrain his use of power, Trump responded, ‘My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.’ For Trump, then, obedience to international law, and to one’s ‘own morality,’ are the only things that can inform decisions in matters of international relations, revealing a hole in his thinking, and likewise, a deficit in public discourse.” - Providence

“Trump’s comments about Hyde have brought the greatest backlash on op-ed pages, but there is also a feeling in the pro-life movement that the administration has taken insufficient action on issue …primarily restricting access to mifepristone, a drug largely used for abortions.” - MinistryWatch

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