Society & Culture

“There is no debating that women’s confidence in and devotion to marriage is falling…. Theories about young women’s declining interest in wedlock typically fall into two camps. The problem is either 1) the boys, or 2) the (feminist) girls.” - IFS

“At that time, the debate in England raged over whether the King was the law (Rex Lex), or if the law was king (Lex Rex). The debate was over which authority was higher—the king or the law. Was the written law bound to the word of the king, or was the king bound to the law?” - Christ Over All

“Following the release of ‘Wicked: For Good,’ many people have reacted to the film’s spiritual and allegorical elements and what it says about friendships, morality and the idea of good versus evil.” - CPost

“His prior second-term low point in approval was a statistically similar 37% in July, and his all-time low was 34% in 2021, at the end of his first term after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.” - Gallup

“Thanksgiving proclamations do not violate the First Amendment or signal an impending theocracy.” - World

“Others are more cautious in their assessment of how far antisemitism has infiltrated the political right. Yet evangelical commentators agree that followers of Jesus must stem the tide.” - Baptist Press

“Although three of the five justices who heard the case found the ban unconstitutional, North Dakota requires a supermajority of the court to strike down a law on constitutional grounds.” - CPost

“ ‘How do we console ourselves?’ wondered Nietzsche some 143 years ago. For an increasing number of young Westerners, the answer appears to be: ‘By bringing God back from the dead.’” - Acton

“Seven in 10 (71 percent) agree there is one true God in three Persons…. many Americans struggle with the logical conclusions of that belief. Most (57 percent) say the Holy Spirit is a force, not a personal being. And nearly half (49 percent) agree Jesus was a great teacher but not God.” - Baptist Press

“During their conversation, Maher pushed back against Oswalt’s suggestion that the country is broken and that the political Right is the only side that has ‘freaked out’ in recent years.” - CPost