by Zach Dawes Jr | Jun 22, 2022 | News
The Supreme Court of the United States issued a 6-3 decision on June 21 that the State of Maine cannot restrict its public education funds only to non-sectarian schools. The case of Carson v. Makin centered on a program to provide free public education to children in...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jun 21, 2022 | News
The number of U.S. adults who say they believe in God reached an all-time low of 81% in 2022, according to a Gallup report published June 17. This is five-points below the previous low in 2014, and it is 17 points below the all-time high of 98%, the level of belief...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jun 20, 2022 | News
The combined number of U.S. deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide jumped 20% from 2019 to 2020, according to a report published in late May by Trust for America’s Health. Total deaths reached nearly 187,000 in 2020, with over 96,000 drug-related, over 49,000...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jun 10, 2022 | News
A majority of Republican respondents in the U.S. agree that “white people are being replaced by non-white people” and that “discrimination against white people has become as big a problem as discrimination against Black people.” These were two findings from a mid-May...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jun 9, 2022 | Opinion
There was no “Damascus Road” experience. My understanding of Jesus’ death was challenged – and, ultimately, changed – slowly, gradually, haltingly. Encountering the work of René Girard – and others who built upon and adapted his interpretation of Jesus’ death through...
