Dire global warming impacts distract from even more dire warnings

By Eric Roston Extreme weather continues to swell like US coastlines during high tide. And with it comes the realization that the climate changes we were warned about are already here. For decades the core question in the public debate over global warming was: Will all these scientific projections come true? Now, Britain has had

How willing are people to stand up for their values and beliefs

One can find several people doing violence against the truth. Similarly, there is Richard Martin who claims that fascism and communism are twin brothers.

Reasons why Christianity is declining rapidly in America

Christianity is declining rapidly in America. Over approximately the past decade, the percentage of Americans who identify as Christian has gone down 12% – from 75% to 63%.

The Week for 2022 August 29 – September 04

August 29 Shelling continues near Ukraine nuclear plant ahead of inspection More artillery fire hit near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine over the weekend, Ukrainian officials said Sunday. The fighting came as the International Atomic Energy Agency prepares to send a team of scientists this week to assess damage from recent shelling. Ukraine

Our selection of The Week’s 2nd week of August 2022

In the 2nd week of August Donald Trump managed to get a lot of eyes from the world looking at his ‘telenovella’ or American soap.

The American and climate anno 2022

Soaring temperatures, wildfires, flooding and drought have left the American public less uncertain than ever that manmade climate change is finally upon us. Public opinion polling has for several years documented a dawning but far from complete recognition of what scientists warned about for decades.   And yet national climate policy doesn’t match public sentiment. Why?

American fundamentalists win

When we look at what is going on in the United States of America, it looks like the American fundamentalists are winning.

American secularism is growing — and growing more complicated

Americans are getting less “religious,” and do fewer traditionally religious things, such as belonging to a denomination, attending worship services or feeling certain that God exists.

Let’s Think About Bullets: Bipartisan Legislation to Stop Gun Violence in America

Originally posted on Why America Can't Be Great Again:
After another horrifying shooting we are addressing the problem the same way we aways do. Grief. Outrage. Posturing. Then… nothing. Certainly nothing significant. One side pushes for more gun control. The other side pushes back because they want to protect the rights of gun owners.…

American churches closing their doors for good

some decades ago mega-churches became very popular and took away church members from the smaller churches. But now we see that the death knell of those mega-churches is the cultural idols of individualism and privacy that rule their fellowship.