American Culture

“Based on some specific findings and anecdotal evidence, many have purported that young adults are experiencing a religious revival. While Pew allows that some changes may be taking place that have yet to be captured in national surveys, they say there is ‘no clear evidence that this kind of nationwide religious resurgence is underway.’” - Baptist Press

“for all of our polarization, both sides are acting in exactly the same way. The ‘binary’ (as they say) of oppressed and oppressor that the critical theorists keep invoking is also how many of us conservatives have been interpreting just about everything. We differ on who is doing the oppressing, but we all think we are oppressed.” - Gene Veith

“Conversion at the end of the sword is not true conversion. What’s more, the most vocal of those who call for this kind of arrangement don’t engender confidence that they can be trusted with this power. There’s a large gap between edge-lording meme-makers and a so-called Christian prince. In a fallen world, I’ll take my chances with the American experiment.” - Daniel Darling

“America used to not celebrate Christmas at all. And now we do. What changed? And at what point did it change?” - Cranach

“The post-liberals are not wrong to point out many of the serious limits of theoretical or philosophical liberalism. Nor are they wrong that liberalism has been increasingly defined by excessive individualism, contempt for tradition and traditional wisdom…. But the post-liberals tend to throw the baby out with the bathwater.” - American Mind

“The shares of U.S. adults who identify with Christianity, with another religion, or with no religion have all remained fairly stable in the Center’s latest polling.” - Pew

“In 2022, goblin mode was the Word of the Year. It captured a cultural embrace of laziness, a retreat from discipline and ambition… In 2023, rizz emerged, reflecting performative charisma—identity as performance… In 2024, brain rot…. Then came 2025, and the language of reality collapse became even more precise. The winner, rage bait” - Breakpoint

“…our culture and our technology all work against waiting. We demand immediacy. And our technology provides it. ‘We have not quite reached instant gratification here…but we are getting close.’” - Gene Veith

“…the percentage of U.S. adults who say religion is an important part of their daily lives has fallen from 66% in 2015 to 49% today. This 17-point decline ranks among the largest declines in religiosity Gallup has recorded in any country over a 10-year period since 2007.” - CPost

“When a Silicon Valley billionaire starts hosting sold-out lectures on the antichrist, you know we’ve entered strange times. But for those of us who grew up in the 1970s, it’s not just strange; it’s strangely familiar.” - TGC