Society & Culture

“Weighing ethical concerns about the use of fetal-derived tissue to develop medicines against the public health risk of refusing vaccines.” - The Dispatch

“…he and I have reached different conclusions about this year’s presidential election. His October 22 article, ‘Policies, Persons, and Paths to Ruin,’ explained why he thought it would be wrong for him to support either candidate in this election.

“The final, and perhaps most significant, problem with identity politics as currently practiced on the left is that it has stimulated the rise of identity politics on the right … . the right has adopted the language and framing of identity from the left: the idea that my particular group is being victimized” - Fukuyama via Veith

“North Koreans care more about access to food and medicine than their leader’s tears, says Timothy, a Christian who escaped from North Korea” - Church Times

“Barrett was given the constitutional oath by Justice Clarence Thomas Monday night at an outdoor ceremony at the White House. Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the judicial oath to Barrett Tuesday (Oct. 27), the Supreme Court press information office announced Monday evening.” - BPNews

“John Piper has issued a blistering condemnation of President Donald Trump, warning Christian voters that the president’s ‘deadly behavior’ will lead the U.S. to ‘destruction of more kinds than we can imagine.’” - C.Post

“The footage appears to be taken from a 2019 interview with the Mexican broadcaster Televisa. But. .. the statement about civil unions was edited out, both when the interview was run in Mexico and when the Vatican itself released its own version.

“The real question that needs answering is, ‘At what point does a human fetus become a person.’ This may sound like an inconsequential distinction, but it is actually the crux of the matter.” - Mark Farnham

Fascism Then and Now