The metaphor of "garbage time"--when the game is basically over, but you have to play out the clock-- is widespread in sports around the world. The editor of a small Chinese publication, Hu Wenhui, saw a wider application and wrote about what he called "the garbage time of history."
The rest of the story about the jobs numbers. What happened to the government's "internet for all" program. And restarting Three Mile Island to power AI.
People are still reading texts, blogs, tweets, and online articles. But fewer of them are reading actual books. This is a problem, not only for our civilization but also for our mental health.
It is said that, when it comes to voting, Christians must often choose between the lesser of two evils. Do you agree with that principle or are there other options? If you do agree, which of the current presidential candidates do you consider to be the lesser of two evils?
Today when truth is widely seen as a "construction," information (facts), misinformation (incorrect facts), and disinformation (deliberately incorrect facts) are all jumbled together. Governments and social media companies have been censoring material that fails their "fact checks," but what about freedom of speech? One solution was proposed by John Milton in 1644.
Herman Bavinck, another Dutch Reformed theologian who worked with Abraham Kuyper in the Anti-Revolutionary Party, urges Christians seeking to reform society to begin by reforming themselves. He makes an excellent point, but I have some reservations.
As Christians are trying to figure out how they should pursue politics and cultural influence in our secularist world, it is helpful to consider models from the past. Jordan Ballor offers a look at the Reformed theologian Abraham Kuyper's political program, which was quite different from our contemporary attempts to relate Christianity and politics.
Why political polls are inaccurate; big cases in the new Supreme Court term; and academics are joining the autoworkers' union.
The contemporary art world is once again in thrall to political radicalism. Artist Megan Gafford wonders what the attraction is. In her article "The Totalitarian Artist: Politics vs Beauty," she explores the phenomenon with the help of the working-class philosopher Eric Hoffer.
Where do you think the presidential election stands right now, one month before Election Day?
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