The Anxious Generation

Many prominent authors and researchers are writing about the mental health challenges of Generation Z. They’re linking it to the changing media ecology in which these kids have grown up, namely social media and smartphone usage. Jonathan Haidt has identified an...

2024 Primary Election Day

Today is primary election day in Kentucky. Voters will go to the polls to vote for candidates vying for elected offices on the ballot. All Kentucky House seats and half of the Kentucky Senate seats are on the ballot, with many contested primaries. There are also...

Boy Scouts Name Change

The Boy Scouts are changing their name to Scouting America. And the organization has been on a path of changing its identity for well over a decade, starting with openly homosexual scoutmasters and then allowing girls into their ranks in 2019. The name change reflects...

Politics that leads to flourishing

Moral and social issues have been debated this election season and this give Christians an opportunity to speak to them. Some will avoid conversations about the issues, but people are still trying to find answers to the big questions of the day. What is the just and...

Early Voting Starts Today

Today is the first day of early voting for the primary election in Kentucky. Voters will go to the polls to vote for candidates vying for state House, state Senate, and Congress. A few local races may be on the ballot in your area as well. There are contested...

Biden LGBT Policy Threatens Sunrise Child Placement

The Department of Health and Human Services has adopted a radical policy that elevates the sexual identity of minors. It says that state child welfare agencies will have to abide by gender ideology and agree to place children with LGBT-identifying families. This is a...

Ky AG Coleman Stands for Women’s Sports

The Biden administration has turned the historical understanding of Title IX on its head. Gender identity is now a protected status, meaning biological males can play women’s sports. But many states are pushing back, including Kentucky. Our public schools...

Driverless Trucks on Texas Roads

Thousands of self-driving trucks will be on American roads over the next few years. These autonomous vehicles have many advantages: continuous operation, better fuel economy, and faster delivery times. Proponents argue they’ll actually be safer because human...

Practical Christianity in Politics

I moderated a candidate forum the other day where both candidates for the State House indicated they were Christians. However, during the debate, one of the candidates viciously slandered and attacked his opponent. This didn’t go well with the audience or with...

SCOTUS Ruling Could Impact Ky’s Public Camping Ban

Earlier this year, the Kentucky General Assembly passed the Safer Kentucky Act. One of the law’s provisions is a ban of homeless encampments in public places. Last year, the city of Louisville spent $842,000 cleaning up encampments our of concerns to preserve health...

DEA Set to Declassify Pot

The Biden Administration’s Drug Enforcement Agency has decided to reclassify marijuana as a safer drug. Formerly pot was classified as a Schedule I drug (like heroin). The DEA is now classifying marijuana will a Schedule III drug (like regulated steroids). Some...

University Leaders Acquiesce to Anti-semitism

Student protests in support of Palestine are breaking out on college campuses across the nation. Protesters, including students at Columbia University, have taken over buildings and disrupted classes.  College students have a history of protesting. Of course,...

Church Attendance Declining

According to a Lifeway Research study, church attendance is dropping. In fact, 31 percent of Americans say they never attend religious services, while only 21 percent say they attend every week. Christianity teaches that church is a community where those who confess...

Election Workers Fear for Their Safety

A nationwide survey of election officials found that three-quarters said harassment and violent threats have increased since the 2020 presidential race. The threats are from people believing the election system is corrupt. The Committee for Safe and Secure Elections...

Surrogacy is Under-regulated and Unaccountable

Child surrogacy is dangerous and morally concerning, and in the United States it’s “under-regulated and unaccountable.” World magazine writer Emma Watters explains in a recent column that surrogate mothers carry and give birth to a couple’s child for pay. And in the...

NBA Bans Player for Life for Gambling

The NBA issued a lifetime ban to Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter for sharing confidential information to sports bettors and altering his performance for money. Porter informed a bettor about his personal health and took himself out of a game, potentially to...

Republican Reaction to AZ Supreme Court on Abortion

Many Republicans are backpedaling on the issue of abortion in response to pushback from the pro-abortion left. They’ve highlighted horrible situations in order to justify all abortions. Now, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that an 1864 law banning all abortion...

States rush to combat AI threat to elections

The New DEAL Forum, with the help of four state Secretaries of State, released a report on “Artificial Intelligence and Elections”. The report raises concerns about how deep fakes lead to confusion and misinformation regarding campaigns and political leaders. When it...