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Guest WriterCurrent Politics

Marco Rubio's Paid Leave Plan Isn't Perfect. That's OK.

Critics of Marco Rubio's proposal to provide paid parental leave for American parents are allowing the perfect to be the enemy of the good.

Matthew LoftusEthicsHealth & Medicine

questioning brain death

The story of Jahi McMath illustrates how tenuous the idea of "brain death" really is.

Jake MeadorDevotionalFeatured

Announcing the Household Worship Project

Mere O's latest venture is a project intended to help reinvigorate the practice of regular household worship.

Matthew Loftusash wednesday

that's how all good comedies go

Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day fall on the same day this year, and Barbara McClay has some good thoughts on the matter: If Valentine’s Day is about the incommensurability of feeling and gesture, Ash Wednesday presents us with the ultimate […]

Guest WriterFeaturedEvangelicalism

7 Things You Should Know About the Evangelical Deep State

The Evangelical Deep State exists. In fact, it has a name. And that name is "Joe Carter."

Joseph MinichFeatured

Christendom in 1200 Words (Give or Take)

Joe Minich briefly summarizes the reasons that a renewed Christendom would actually be good news for the modern west.

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

EMRs are designed for billing, not for retaining information

The dirty secret of all electronic medical records (EMRs) is this: they are not primarily designed to help doctors record, review, or share information about their patients. No, they are primarily designed to capture the data necessary to submit bills to […]

Tessa Carmangeorge macdonaldBooks

The Factitude of Creeks

For those who have wondered why C.S. Lewis called George MacDonald “master,” this wisdom-rich anthology tells us why.

Matthew LoftusEconomicsHealth & Medicine

follow the money, asthma prevention edition

We'd save money if we tried to help prevent asthma attacks rather than just treating them acutely. Why don't we?

Charlie ClarkFeaturedEconomics and Business

Conscientious Producerism

The challenges created by an alienating economy and alienating work requires us to rethink how we describe the Protestant doctrine of vocation.

Matthew LoftusArt

tara isabella burton, "the destroyer"

A short story by Tara Isabella Burton about science, the body, and love.

Matthew LoftusFeaturedSexuality

Moral Formation and Sexual Abuse, Part II: Learning to love what is good by loving one another

In part two of his essay on the sexual abuse revelations Matt Loftus discusses what can be done to create a safer public square for women.