by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Jan 27, 2026 | Opinion
I’ve never been a violent person. Even so, I am intimately familiar with the language of violence. I was introduced to it as a teenager in the early 2000s in my charismatic evangelical youth group. Church leaders encouraged us to go everywhere with our “sword” so we...
by Michael Chancellor | Oct 9, 2025 | Opinion
In 2022, Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA, declared, “I can’t stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new-age term that…does a lot of damage.” I wasn’t aware of this quote until after Kirk’s assassination. The...
by Jamie Marich | Apr 10, 2025 | Opinion
“That completely makes sense that you would be going to seminary.” “Why are you going to seminary? You already have a great career where you’re well-established. You do a lot of spiritual things with that.” “I didn’t realize that you were so religious. That’s sad.”...
