Society & Culture

Sept. 17 was Constitution Day… “2. The three-fifths compromise did not come about because the Founding Fathers considered African-Americans ‘three-fifths of a person,’ as NPR has asserted (at your expense). … Northern states wanted to exclude all slaves from population totals – to reduce the political power of slave states.” - Acton

A review of Greg Forster’s new book Economics: A Student’s Guide—aimed at helping Christian students confronted with anti-Christian thinking on economics. - Acton

“…it’s a narrow decision in scope, one that rightly does not grant the business the right to broadly refuse service to gay people.

“Since Wilson is enjoining the debate on the side of Sohrab Ahmari, does he agree that we need to dispense with the liberal order itself by grasping the reins of power and coercing our way to a society ordered to the ‘highest good’?” - National Review

Planned Parenthood sued the makers of videos showing their personnel selling the “tissue” of aborted babies… “While the trial hasn’t started yet, this whole legal process has proved to be a huge mistake for Planned Parenthood, as it has already produced one insanely embarrassing revelation after another for them.

“[T]o have a God is nothing else than to trust and believe Him from the [whole] heart,” Luther said. “That now, I say, upon which you set your heart and put your trust is properly your god.” - Acton (Gene Veith)

Former NFL quarterback Drew Brees “faced a backlash after he recorded a video promoting Bring Your Bible to School Day, which is being held Oct. 3 this year and is sponsored by Focus on the Family.” - Christian Headlines

“Overall, Cultural Engagement is aptly named; it is a compelling crash course in contemporary issues, sharing voices from many well-known leaders in Christian communities. Prior and Chatraw do an excellent job of explaining the teaching around certain issues but letting Christians differ in good faith.

“The contention at the heart of Ahmarism is that the government ought to impose a putatively Catholic conception of the common good unchecked by notions of individual liberty and so-called ‘proceduralism’ (which the rest of the planet calls “the rule of law”).” - The Imperialistic Sohrab Ahmari

“This week, approximately 150 parents and pupils (mostly girls, the footage suggests) staged a protest against enforced ‘gender neutral’ uniforms outside a high school in Sussex, England. Piers Morgan, the presenter of Good Morning Britain, who attended the school in question, tweeted, ‘The protesting parents & students have my full support. This whole gender neutral craze is out of control.