Society & Culture

“In 2018 there were 196 documented internet shutdowns [by governments] across 25 countries, primarily in Asia and Africa, according to a report released by the Keep It On coalition.” - Cnet

“Yes, Halloween is big business. Beyond padding retailers’ pockets, it has little to no positive effect.” - Washington Examiner

“Lukewarm Christianity may be declining much more dramatically than intense religiosity.” - New York Times

“… West’s very public conversion to Christianity, a Christianity that bears no resemblance to the vague spiritualism of Moral Therapeutic Deism that is often associated with celebrity conversions.” - National Review

“While Halloween has its origins in Christian tradition, Day of the Dead has indigenous roots as a celebration of the Aztec goddess of death.” - RNS

Roger Olson: What was discovered in 2015 that led to this near avalanche of evangelical churches, organizations and leaders deciding that gay marriage is okay?

“Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez successfully grabbed another headline last week by tweeting that Americans should have a ‘real conversation’ about abolishing prisons. Though she did later walk back this bone-toss to her far-left supporters, the prison abolition movement isn’t as niche as you’d think.” - Breakpoint

“…on the selfsame day that I first learned of the gender reveal party I also learned why woke folk find it necessary to drive a stake through its heart. Opinion page after opinion page declared the trend ‘weapons-grade reinforcement of oppressive gender norms … and blunt-force refusal of the idea that sex assigned at birth does not necessarily equate with gender identity’ ” - WORLD

“Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Wednesday night that the Texas Attorney General’s Office and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services are looking into a case involving a custody battle over a seven-year-old boy who is said to be transgender by his mother.” - National Review