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The War Over Church and State Is Back

"Separation of church and state" has been treated for a generation as settled constitutional law. It isn't a phrase in the Constitution at all. What the document actually says, in sixteen words, is considerably narrower, and considerably more protective of religious Americans, than most people have been taught. That gap…

3 days ago0Comments ByAlfonso Pereira

Health Politics

The Next Pro-Life Battle May Be Euthanasia, Not Abortion

By this September, nearly a third of Americans will live in a state where a doctor can legally prescribe a lethal dose of medication to end a patient's life. Support for the practice is rising fast, the language describing it has been carefully softened for decades, and just north of…

3 days ago0Comments ByLoraine Rich

Business Culture

Why Young Americans Cannot Afford to Become Adults

A record 25.2 million Americans under 35 lived with their parents last year. Seven in ten of them have a job. The uncomfortable truth this generation keeps being told to solve with more effort is, by the numbers, not a character problem at all. It is a housing shortage, a…

3 days ago0Comments ByAnthony Waters

Faith

Should Churches Use AI to Write Sermons?

Eighty-seven percent of American pastors are already using artificial intelligence in some part of their ministry. A quarter now use it to help write or edit the sermon itself, double the share who even felt comfortable with the idea two years ago. The question facing the American pulpit is no…

3 days ago0Comments ByBethany Taylor

Culture Politics

The College Free-Speech Report Card for Parents

American families now spend more on four years of college than on almost anything else they will ever buy, a house and a wedding included. Almost none of them ever look up the one report that measures whether their child will actually be free to speak, question, and hold onto…

3 days ago0Comments ByEmiliano Forza

Faith Politics

Has Politics Become a Substitute Religion?

America is not becoming less religious so much as it is relocating its religion. As traditional faith recedes, especially on the political left, the rituals, moral certainties, and even the language of sin and salvation have not disappeared. They have simply found a new home in political identity itself, and…

3 days ago0Comments ByLeonard Knowles

Culture

Why Gen Z Is Nostalgic for a Childhood It Barely Had

Walk into a wedding reception this year and you're as likely to find a basket of disposable cameras on the table as a photo booth. Ask a twenty-two-year-old about her new phone and she may proudly tell you it can only call and text. There is a word for what's…

3 days ago0Comments ByOzzie Nodal

America First Culture

Why Americans Trust Personalities More Than Journalists

Americans' trust in newspapers, television, and radio to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly just hit a new all-time low of 28 percent. Meanwhile, a growing share of the country, more than a third of adults under 30, now regularly gets its news from independent podcasters, YouTubers, and online…

3 days ago0Comments ByRashad Pool

Culture Health

Should Every Child Have a Right to a Phone-Free Childhood?

Should Every Child Have a Right to a Phone-Free Childhood? Two years ago, a psychology professor published a book arguing that smartphones had quietly stolen something essential from an entire generation of children. Today, thirty-five American states restrict phones in schools, an entire nation has banned social media for anyone…

3 days ago0Comments ByRebecca Silverstein

Culture

Is Modesty Quietly Making a Comeback?

Rick Owens sent models down his runway wrapped floor to ceiling in fabric. A Utah farm wife with eight children became one of the most influential style icons on the internet. And a generation of young women exhausted by dating apps is quietly telling researchers they want something slower, more…

3 days ago0Comments ByRoger Tillman

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