Vivek Ramaswamy’s much-discussed Christmas X post reflected several questionable assumptions, but it was right to link a cultures highest aspirations and its education. One could be forgiven for watching the children’s movies popular in 1990s America and drawing the conclusion that what we most wanted was a life of ease, security and spontaneity—akin to the self-indulgence of an ancient tyrant....

　　Dirty Windows or Blurred Vision? 　　This devotional was written by Jim Liebelt 　　Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? —Matthew 7:3 　　I read a story about a business owner who constantly complained about the dirty windows of his competitor’s store, directly across the...

　　The new Department of Government Efficiency informs us that the federal government, through its Agency for International Development (AID), has been distributing taxpayer money for condoms in Gaza, DEI in Serbia and Ireland, and transgender stage productions in Columbia and Peru. (A longer list is here.) 　　These revelations should renew questions about what constitutional limits there are on federal expenditures....

　　Under Chief Justice Roberts, the Supreme Court has demonstrated a willingness to enforce the Constitution’s separation-of-powers principles. This is welcome news for those who think that aspects of the administrative state run afoul of important constitutional lines separating the federal government’s three coequal branches. But not everyone has found the Roberts Court’s separation-of-powers jurisprudence to be cause for celebration. 　　A...

　　The new Department of Government Efficiency informs us that the federal government, through its Agency for International Development (AID), has been distributing taxpayer money for condoms in Gaza, DEI in Serbia and Ireland, and transgender stage productions in Columbia and Peru. (A longer list is here.) 　　These revelations should renew questions about what constitutional limits there are on federal expenditures....

　　A Prayer for Boldness to Share Your Faith with Your Neighbors 　　By: Emma Danzey 　　Bible Reading:“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” - Mark 12:30-31 　　Read or...

　　Historians may well treat the year 2024 as the most politically consequential year in the Middle East since 2003, or even 1979. Over the past 12 to 15 months, a series of major events, each of which would have been heralded as a major development on its own, have together flipped the strategic board, changing the political trajectory of the...

　　How to Stay Calm Under Verbal Attack 　　By Kelly Balarie 　　Bible Reading: 　　“Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.” – Proverbs 13:10 NIV 　　Just because it can be said, doesn’t mean it should be said. 　　Friends, in my mind, I know this statement is true, but it is a whole other...

　　Don’t You Get It? 　　By Rebecca Barlow Jordan 　　Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. -James 1:19 NIV 　　I’ve discovered that married couples must have a lot in common with Jesus’ disciples—at least in one area of their lives. 　　Following His miraculous feeding of the 4,000 people listening to Him teach, Jesus encountered...

Describe the differences between Sephardic and Ashkenazi Kiddush cups, including variations in design, materials and symbolic motifs.

　　Reactions to Jimmy Carter’s death have a bit of the feel of socialism’s defenders who say the system, despite apparent failures, has never really been tried. Evangelicals who lean left are using Carter’s legacy to take a win for their brand of faith-based politics and jab at both the Religious Right and MAGA evangelicals. They rarely admit that Carter’s presidency...

　　Antitrust law faces a crisis of complexity. Designed originally as a straightforward mechanism to maintain competition, it has devolved into a realm dominated by economic modeling, arbitrary market definitions, and prolonged litigation and merger reviews. By the time courts render a final judgment, the underlying technology has advanced, the market has shifted, and the world has moved on. The transition...