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NPR: Space Force Bible Blessing At National Cathedral Sparks Outrage
THE INSTITUTE ON RELIGION & DEMOCRACY: “A small but aggressive secular group that peddles theocracy conspiracy theories is getting media attention for complaining about blessing a military Bible.” [READ MORE]
GUEST: Mark Tooley
Mark Tooley is president of The Institute on Religion and Democracy and editor of IRD’s foreign policy and national security journal, Providence.
Prior to joining the IRD in 1994, Mark worked eight years for the Central Intelligence Agency. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and is a native of Arlington, Virginia. Mark Tooley became president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD) in 2009.
He is the author of Taking Back The United Methodist Church, published in 2008; Methodism and Politics in the 20th Century, published in 2012; and The Peace That Almost Was: The Forgotten Story of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference and the Final Attempt to Avert the Civil War, published in 2015. His articles about the political witness of America’s churches have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The American Spectator, First Things, Patheos, World, Christianity Today, The Weekly Standard, National Review Online, Washington Examiner, Human Events, The Washington Times, The Review of Faith and International Affairs, Touchstone, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Post, and elsewhere. He is a frequent commentator on radio and television.
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HORROR:
Jonathan Haidt speaks at Calvin University on The Coddling of the American Mind
First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt show how the new problems on campus have their origins in three terrible ideas that have become increasingly woven into American childhood and education: What doesn’t kill you makes you weaker; always trust your feelings; and life is a battle between good people and evil people. These three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological principles about well-being and ancient wisdom from many cultures. Embracing these untruths—and the resulting culture of safetyism—interferes with young people’s social, emotional, and intellectual development. It makes it harder for them to become autonomous adults who are able to navigate the bumpy road of life.
WEBSITE: The Coddling of the American Mind
THE ATLANTIC: The Dark Psychology of Social Networks
THE ASTROS SCANDAL:
If A. J. Hinch can’t be forgiven and restored, none of us can be
MLB: Hinch, Luhnow are suspended for ‘20, then let go
MLB COMMISSIONER ROB MANFRED:
STATEMENT BY A. J. HINCH:
