Asia Bibi Freed
The Pakistani Supreme Court freed Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who was sentenced to death in 2010 for blasphemy. Protests erupted in the streets but the court found that the evidence wasn't sufficient. The court said Bibi "appears to be a person, in the...
Violence Motivated by Racism
Recent acts of racially motivated violence has gripped us. Two black people were killed at a Louisville Kroger. And 11 worshipers were killed at The Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Any act of violence is tragic. In response to racial violence CNN...
Lottery Rave
The second largest lottery jackpot ticket in history was sold in South Carolina the other week. The winner of the $1.54 billion prize hasn't yet come forward. And why should they? They'll be hounded the rest of their lives. Prior to the drawing, ticket sales...
Election Day!
If you haven't heard, there's an election today! It's the mid-terms where every Congressman and one-third of the U.S. Senate are up for re-election. Traditionally, the party out of power in the White House picks up Congressional seat. Some see a blue wave...
Processing Public Tragedy
Eleven people were killed and several others injured after a gunman entered The Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh and shouted "all Jews must die!" The FBI is now investigating in what many are calling a hate crime. So how do we respond to such tragedy?...
Incivility Breeds Violence
Sen. Mitch McConnell and his wife were harassed again at a Louisville restaurant. A man came up to his table and started yelling at him and then threw his take-out box on the ground. It's becoming common for protestors to publicly berate and harass political...
America Coming Apart
Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse just released a book called Them: Why we hate each other and how to heal. It's a fantastic book that diagnoses what ails us and how to restore our societal health. Sasse points out that we are more affluent than ever. We live in bigger...
Voting in San Francisco
Is the right to vote a universal human right? In other words, does it matter if you're a legal citizen to vote in an election? If you're in San Francisco, the answer is no. San Francisco is now allowing non-citizens to vote in school board races. That's...
Time’s Confusing Headline
Time Magazine recently asked: What Could Happen If the Federal Government Redefined Gender? It's an interesting question on a number of levels but it needs to be asked if anyone—including the government, can redefine something so concrete as gender. The...
Migrant Caravan
The pictures on the nightly news are jarring: thousands of migrants from Central America pushing their way through Mexico, sometimes overwhelming police checkpoints in order to press on toward the United States. Some have likened it to a small army and an invasion....
