Society & Culture

“Going My Way in 1944 summed up America at its most endearing. It was accordingly a blockbuster, the biggest hit of that year, and then the year after it became the big Oscar winner, nabbing the seven major awards out of 10 nominations” - Acton

“These spiritual communities discard doctrine, prefer questions over answers and have no intention of converting anybody to anything.” - RNS

“Recent survey finds strong support for sometimes conflicting agendas, but also many believers who are still “not sure” what to advocate for.” - C.Today

“These preconceived attitudes, however, don’t translate into public policy. Quite the contrary. Illinois, a reliable blue state, is ranked No. 1, while West Virginia, a red state, is last.” - Religion Unplugged

“…they picked a word that reflected what all of us, right now, seem to most long for.” - James Emery White

(and a very different perspective at Breakpoint)

“Whenever you’re reading a Christian nationalist author citing historical sources in support of their modern ethno-nationalist positions, you should be suspicious. You absolutely should track down the footnotes. And then you should read that excerpt in context.” - Mere Orthodoxy

• Colorado Supreme Court removes Trump from state’s ballot - Axios
• Colorado Supreme Court: Donald Trump is an insurrectionist and must be removed from the 2024 ballot - Current

“(61%) report having at least some friends whose religion differs from their own….That includes 43% who say only some of their friends have the same religion they do and another 18% who say hardly any or none of their friends do.” -Pew

A scandal remembered: The sad lessons of the Clinton impeachment, 25 years later - WORLD

“The survey of 51 public and private universities from The Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University found a small number of ‘hotspot’ schools where Jewish students faced a hostile environment.” - RNS