About forty years ago, Brazils elected president was incapacitated, and his vice-president took office. With a big mustache and painted hair “dark as a crow’s wing,” he looked the part of a populist Latin American politician out of the Comedy Central cast. Unfortunately, there were other less colorful but equally pathetic features of his time in office. 　　In 1986, the...

　　At its inception in seventeenth-century England, our liberal order held that law must be humble. Brutal political conflict had proved that we are incapable of knowing basic moral and social truths. With fundamental disagreement inescapable, law must defer to skepticism and relativism. Humble law would provide just enough stability to leave people free to safely craft their own truths, identities,...

　　Across the West, extremes on the political spectrum are surging. In last June’s election in France, the far-right National Front and the leftist Popular National Front secured 322 of the 577 seats and a commanding majority of the popular vote between them. While a minority of the Popular National Front are traditional French social democrats, the coalition was dominated by...

　　3 Tips for Enjoying Your Wedding Anniversary 　　By Lynette Kittle 　　Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil”- Proverbs15:16 　　Anniversaries can be hard. Deciding what to do, where to go, how much time to take, and how much money to spend have the potential to cause strife and division at a time where...

　　The worlds 280 million immigrants have greater shares of Christians, Muslims, and Jews than the general population, according to a new Pew Research Center study released Monday. 　　You see migrants coming to places like the US, Canada, different places through Western Europe, and being more religiousand sometimes more Christian in particularthan the native-born people in those countries, said Stephanie Kramer,...

　　Finding Comfort in an Uncertain World 　　By Laura Bailey 　　“Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.” – Ephesians 6: 6 NIV 　　Political tension has been high in the last few years, but recent events seem to indicate that people across...

　　Brad Hambrick oversees counseling ministries at Summit Church, a North Carolina church with 14 campuses and about 13,000 in attendance. He also teaches biblical counseling at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and is the author of books like Angry with God. 　　How do you distinguish between good and bad anger? 　　All anger says two things: This is wrong, and it matters....

　　More Americans than ever are seeking help for mental health issues like depression and anxiety. But they seem to be avoiding help for another emotion, even though it comes up across life stages and can be destructive: anger. 　　Current events have fanned the flame of wrath even more. Like many Americans, Nycole DeLaVara has seen angry conversations about the news...

　　New technologies, new paradigms, and the use of artificial intelligence have made the job of regulators in the antitrust arena more difficult. These challenges require expertise at the intersection of antitrust and technology risk to avoid leading regulators astray from promoting competition, which is the fundamental purpose of antitrust laws. 　　Those issues have come to a head in many unexpected...

　　A Prayer to Take Back Joy When You Can't Feel It 　　By Amanda Idleman 　　“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” - Psalm 30:5 　　Do you feel stuck in a ‘night season’? There are many hard things that are thrown at us in this life that can bury us under a feeling of hopelessness. These...

　　The fusionist alliance has frayed, to the point where classical liberals and traditionalists often see one another as political enemies more than allies. It’s odd in a way, because in many ways, their goals intersect more now than ever before. Under the old Reaganite coalition, one side was concerned about freedom and economic prosperity, while the other worried about family,...

　　It’s been a long time since Watergate. For its 25th anniversary, I wrote a book with Peter W. Morgan, originally titled Nixon’s Revenge, on one of Watergate’s most toxic legacies, the proliferation of “ethics rules” and ethics authorities that in practice do anything but promote ethical behavior in government. (The publisher chose a less-provocative title, The Appearance of Impropriety, instead,...