Society & Culture

“Jason Blakely is professor of political science at Pepperdine University and has written a book, We Built Reality: How Social Science Infiltrated Culture, Politics, and Power, that is likely to perturb some, gratify others, but interest almost everyone.” - Acton

“his most controversial strip was published on Easter of 2001…. The final panel portrays a trail of blood from the cross to the empty tomb, with the stone rolled away revealing the Lord’s table arranged inside.” - Breakpoint

“The Indiana and Idaho chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have since filed lawsuits challenging their respective new state laws.” - N.Review

“Two-thirds of U.S. adults (66%) … believe this event actually occurred…. Fewer than a quarter (23%) disagree, and 11% say they’re not sure.” - Lifeway

“The analysis…. found not only no significant health benefit to moderate alcohol consumption, but also that drinking a daily serving of alcohol of less than 1 ounce for women and around 1.5 ounces for men increased the risk of death.” - GMA

“Even before ChatGPT, chatbots were well on their way to passing the Turing test as commonly understood….But Turing would not have seen a chatbot as an artificial mind equal to that of a human.” - Tech Radar

“I’m seeing a growing number of parents like the mom I just described—parents who truly believe that it’s virtuous to let the kid be in charge, even when the kid is a six 6-year-old with a fever who is refusing to let the doctor look at her throat.” - IFS

“More than twice as many Americans support the U.S. government banning TikTok as oppose it (50% vs. 22%), though a sizable share (28%) are not sure” - Pew

“the decisive actions by Engelbert and Collazo may offer a ‘textbook’ lesson as police train to limit the carnage of America’s seemingly inevitable next mass shooting” - CNN

“The American Principles Project, a socially conservative organization, celebrated the bill’s passage, noting that it makes Kentucky the 13th state to pass such measures.” - C.Post