Dec 5, 2022
One of my favorite parts about the Christmas season is the diverse ways in which people celebrate it. In a recent article from The Atlantic, writers asked readers to send in some of their favorite family traditions for the holiday season. While the responses vary from the patently absurd to the heartwarming...
Dec 2, 2022
Researchers have identified the US cities with the highest rates of marital infidelity, and the three most “unfaithful” cities in America, in order, are Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston. We in Dallas refer to ourselves as the “Buckle of the Bible Belt.” But as the infidelity report illustrates, we are clearly...
Dec 1, 2022
England and Wales are no longer majority Christian according to newly released census data. The two British nations have fallen from 59 percent who called themselves Christians in 2011 to 46 percent who did so in 2021; the number of respondents saying they had no religion has risen from 25 percent a decade ago to 37 percent...
Nov 30, 2022
Protesters clashed with riot police last night in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, part of a string of demonstrations across the nation against the government’s so-called zero-COVID policy. The restrictions are causing economic hardship and sparking anger over stringent lockdown policies. The unrest in China...
Nov 29, 2022
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano, the biggest active volcano on our planet, began erupting last Sunday. People on the Big Island had feared this moment for decades since Mauna Loa had been overdue for an eruption after its longest quiet period on record, ever since 1984. Severe storms are threatening parts of the US. And...