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October 17, 2026

Informing the Mind & Enriching the Soul

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IN THE NEWS

​80% of public school students live in states with weak open enrollment laws, study finds​

A new Reason Foundation study shows wide differences in K-12 public school open enrollment policies across the country, with 80% of public school students living in states with weak or ineffective transfer laws. Open enrollment allows families to...

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The Methodist progressive who wants to flip a red Kansas Senate seat​

It’s been nearly a century since Kansas last elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate, but with the midterms less than three weeks away, an increasingly competitive race threatens that streak. Incumbent Republican Sen. Roger Marshall is fighting to...

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Trump cancels public execution, but a line may already have been crossed​

President Trump has canceled the livestreaming of the execution of the man behind the Fort Hood attack. In a social media post, Trump wrote, "I think streaming the execution for all to see might have been a strong deterrent," but that "many very...

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​Questions swirl about pope’s future and what he knew when praying at a French shrine famed for cures​

When Pope Leo XIV was elected after the pained finale of Pope Francis’ pontificate, there was hope that a younger, healthier pope would be able to guide the Catholic Church for quite some time before age and ailments slowed him. Leo’s lung...

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​Talarico says Biden ‘failed’ Texas by not securing border​

Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico (D) raised criticism of the Biden administration’s immigration policies during a town hall Wednesday evening. The Democratic nominee branded himself as a “border security Democrat” during...



FROM FAITH ON VIEW

​Does Christ’s Upside-Down Kingdom Frighten Us?​

In my previous essay, which can be found here, I wrote of a fascinating exchange between Governor Felix and the Apostle Paul in Acts 24. To briefly recap, Paul was arrested in Jerusalem and sent to Caesarea for a trial. For personal and corrupt...

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Ken Paxton Dubai Trip: Shocking Video Raises Questions​

Ken Paxton’s Dubai trip intensified scrutiny around the Texas attorney general and Senate candidate. A Wall Street Journal video showed Paxton in Dubai on New Year’s Eve 2024 beside girlfriend Tracy Duhon. The footage also placed him near...


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COMMENTARY

​Israelis Must Choose a Secular Nation or Theocracy​

Democracies are built on compromise. But sometimes a compromise can turn dangerous. I see this dynamic at play in two democracies with which I closely identify: the United States and Israel. When I was a boy growing up behind the...

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We Can Only Imagine. But Do We?​

One spring, a friend called and asked my husband, our son, and me to be in a music video. It would be played at an upcoming awards show behind a relatively unknown band, MercyMe, as they sang a song that was climbing the charts, “I Can Only...

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Gleeful Executioners​

Steadily declining support for the death penalty in the United States is a good sign. But 68 percent of Americans still say it’s morally justifiable for murder, and the number climbs to 85 percent among Republicans. Perhaps even more troubling is...

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​Caesar’s Economy or God’s?​

Earlier this week I stared down the long, nearly empty hallway of the art deco U.S. Post Office in the center of Minneapolis. Once bustling with customers at an array of counters, the massive building now stands as one of many visible reminders of the...

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​Caleb Flynn’s Worst Sin Wasn’t Lust. It Was Greed. ​

I’ve received some helpful, and some unhelpful, feedback to last week’s post about nightmare at the Cornell fraternity. I’d like to follow up on that soon, because I think there’s some important things I didn’t say, mostly because I was trying to make...


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GOOD NEWS

​Teen Football Player Skips Victory Celebration to Lift Up His Heartbroken Opponent​

A New York high school football player is capturing hearts across the internet after choosing to comfort a heartbroken opponent instead of celebrating a dramatic homecoming victory. The Lyons/Sodus Lions played a tense homecoming game...

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Photo of Dad & Grandpa Just Watching Toddler Throw Tantrum in Whole Foods Goes Viral for All the Right Reasons​

Parenting toddlers is not for the faint of heart. Somewhere in that moment between birthing this adorably helpless infant and proudly sending them off to their first day of kindergarten, parents welcome the wonder years that are the ‘terrible twos,’ threes...


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