Horse-Paste Hooey: How Left-Wing Lunatics Spread Yet Another Obvious Lie

If one wants to wrap their brain around why the leftist-establishment media complex has lost all credibility, this Tablet article by Konstantin Kisin from August is mandatory reading worth ten minutes of your time. A snippet: Imagine your outrage as you see news reports of a bunch of MAGA hat-wearing kids from a religious school… Continue reading Horse-Paste Hooey: How Left-Wing Lunatics Spread Yet Another Obvious Lie

God and the gods

Podcast: Download MYS112: Throughout human history, people in all cultures have sensed the divine and developed a bewildering arrays of beliefs and ideas. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the conflict between belief in one God vs. many, the journey that God had led his people on through time, and how we should understand these… Continue reading God and the gods

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In Topology, When Are Two Shapes the Same?

Sorting a collection of shapes is child’s play. Circles here, squares there, triangles in their own pile. But if you take the task seriously, there’s a lot more to it. In fact, one of the largest subdisciplines in mathematics — topology — is devoted exactly to this kind of endeavor, and after centuries of concerted… Continue reading In Topology, When Are Two Shapes the Same?

China-Pakistan Partnership, Media Literacy, Incarcerated Parents: RAND Weekly Recap

This week, we discuss the China-Pakistan partnership in light of the Taliban’s rise to power, media literacy education, COVID-19 on U.S. Navy ships, parenting from prison, preventing veteran suicides, and a reimagined workforce development system. Photo by West Asia News Agency via Reuters Both China and Pakistan have welcomed the Taliban back to power. The… Continue reading China-Pakistan Partnership, Media Literacy, Incarcerated Parents: RAND Weekly Recap

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Victims Of US Drone Strike In Kabul That Wiped Out Children Want Answers

Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Since the US carried out a drone strike in Kabul the prior Sunday (Aug.29) that witnesses say killed 10 civilians, the Pentagon and the White House have defended the bombing, claiming it targeted ISIS-K. But relatives of the victims strongly deny that any of them were affiliated with ISIS and want answers from… Continue reading Victims Of US Drone Strike In Kabul That Wiped Out Children Want Answers

Desperate Coup in Japan! (WWII Emergency! The Kyujo Incident 1945)

Podcast: Download MYS113: In August 1945, Americans welcomed the news that Japan had surrendered and World War II would soon be over. Yet Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli reveal that a desperate last-minute coup plot by the military in the face of humiliating surrender almost derailed peace and prolonged the war. Get all new episodes… Continue reading Desperate Coup in Japan! (WWII Emergency! The Kyujo Incident 1945)

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Always Ready for a Party: On Authentic Hospitality

Authentic hospitality is one of the greatest human experiences. There is the literal hospitality of receiving and hosting a guest with a sense of delight and dignity and belonging. More importantly, there is the day-to-day openness to the experience of receiving and being received, the surprising delight that can arise in encounters that cause us… Continue reading Always Ready for a Party: On Authentic Hospitality

The COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis: What Scientists Do and Do Not Know

Debate over the idea that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus emerged from a laboratory has escalated over the past few weeks, coinciding with the annual World Health Assembly, at which the World Health Organization (WHO) and officials from nearly 200 countries discussed the COVID-19 pandemic. After last year’s assembly, the WHO agreed to sponsor the first phase… Continue reading The COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis: What Scientists Do and Do Not Know