Society & Culture

Thomas S. Monson, President of the Mormon Church, Dies at 90 - He spent more than five decades serving in top church leadership councils

“Canadian doctor Kyle Sue has declared in the British Medical Journal that I am not being ‘a baby,’ as some in my household have alleged, but instead proposed that ‘man-flu’ is probably real.” Intellectual Takeout

“Christian wedding vendors who decline to provide services for same-sex ceremonies have suffered another legal setback.The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled Dec. 28 that the state did not violate the First Amendment rights of Aaron and Melissa Klein in a 2015 order that included a $135,000 fine.” BPNews

I see Trump as a judge-like figure of the Old Testament Judges type. … He himself is not righteous, but he’s doing a lot of great stuff for the righteous team, whether he believes in it or not, just like the judges…

Billy Graham’s Granddaughter Slams ‘Hypocritical’ Evangelicals, Franklin Graham for Praising Trump

Americans are drinking themselves to death at a record-breaking rate, according to a report. More than 30,700 people in the country died in 2014 from alcohol-related causes, including alcohol poisoning, the Washington Post reports, citing new federal data. Last year’s rate of 9.6 deaths per 100,000 people is an increase of 37% since 2002, according to the newspaper.

On Stephanie Gray is a Canadian pro-life apologist: “Her talk at Google just a few days ago wasn’t just unprecedented, it was amazing. In fact, within 24 hours, it surpassed the popularity of another talk by Planned Parenthood president, Cecile Richards.” BreakPoint

Can America Survive as a Post-Christian Nation? National Review

The overriding preoccupation of the makers of the most recent Star Wars seems to be, not the hero’s spiritual journey, but the elevation of the all-conquering female. Every male character in The Last Jedi is either bumbling, incompetent, arrogant, or morally compromised; and every female character is wise, good, prudent, and courageous.