We keep getting told that demographics favor the Democrats and look bad for the Republicans, as America becomes more ethnically diverse, a phenomenon particularly evident in the growing Hispanic vote. But Josh Gelertner gives us a history lesson putting all of this into context. He
It turns out that Greenland sharks routinely live to be 272 years old. One was caught recently that may have been 512 years old. That is to say, she would have been born in 1504. She had been swimming in the northern sea, starting only 12
The Baltic republics, geographically and culturally, are almost Scandinavian. Now that a national Lutheran church–that of Latvia–has gone confessional, that affects its theologically liberal neighbors. A Swedish theologians whom the state church refused to ordain because he doesn’t believe that women should be made pastors, has
Usually, politics is a competition between individuals and factions each of which wants to be, as we say, “in power.” In Japan, though, there is a political struggle between a faction that wants to put a man in power and that man who does not want
CBS is coming out with a new Star Trek series, starting on its main broadcasting network, but then moving over to its new pay-for-access channel. An Entertainment Weekly article on the show, based on an interview with the producer, tortures the term “diverse” in ways I hadn’t
As we blogged about, the California legislature was all set to pass a law punishing Christian colleges if they “discriminate” against anyone on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. Colleges would be unable to set behavior standards for students and would have to hire faculty members
I came across a long, detailed account of an evangelical pastor who casts out demons. Not with a rite of exorcism or a laying on of hands, but with a “conversation” in the context of what sounds like ordinary pastoral care. The pastor, Rev. Karl
Finally, an independent candidate for president has emerged, an alternative to both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump: Evan McMullin. Who? He has been a top staffer for the House Republican Conference and was a former CIA officer and Goldman Sachs businessman. The 40-year-old Mormon is
Go into a “cool” coffee shop. Notice the reclaimed wood, big glass windows, subdued colors, and light bulbs hanging from the ceiling. Now go into another cool coffee shop in another city. Notice how the look is exactly the same. Now, if you can afford
Donald Trump has done it again, appearing to say something so over the top that some say it disqualifies him from being president: “Hillary wants to essentially abolish the Second Amendment. And by the way, if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can
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