Podcast: Download MYS233: Lee Harvey Oswald is most famous for the official conclusion that he was the lone assassin of John F. Kennedy. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at the claim that Oswald may have made an earlier assassination attempt on a public figure, including who it was and why. Get all new episodes… Continue reading Lee Harvey Oswald’s First Assassination? (Maj. Gen. Edwin Walker)
Record-Breaking Robot Highlights How Animals Excel at Jumping
And if there is life on other planets, it may have new things to teach us about jumping. At lower gravities, jumping could become easier and faster than flying, so organisms might evolve “Mario-like jumping characters,” Sutton said. Alien life might also have muscles that work differently, perhaps with their own ratchet-like solutions to energy… Continue reading Record-Breaking Robot Highlights How Animals Excel at Jumping
Lost Retirement Horizon: Why 401(k)s Are Not OK (and Not Just Because of the Lousy Economy)
Fretting over your 401(k) lately? For all the current turbulence in these retirement plans – from their rocky recent market performance to asset managers’ politicization of their investments through the “environment, social and governance” agenda – the main problem lies in their flawed design decades ago, a range of retirement experts say. They say… Continue reading Lost Retirement Horizon: Why 401(k)s Are Not OK (and Not Just Because of the Lousy Economy)
How to Enter the Narrow Gate
“Make your way in by the narrow gate.” Christ, our Lord, died for the salvation of all mankind, and we know from Scripture that it is God’s will that all men should be saved (1 Tim. 2:4). Yet a man’s salvation can only be secured by his own cooperation with grace, for God has given… Continue reading How to Enter the Narrow Gate
US May Release Intelligence Showing China Poised To Transfer Arms To Russia
The Biden administration says it has proof that China is strongly considering supplying Russia with lethal aid amid the war in Ukraine and that it may release this intelligence to the public. “The Biden administration is considering releasing intelligence it believes shows that China is weighing whether to supply weapons to support Russia’s war in… Continue reading US May Release Intelligence Showing China Poised To Transfer Arms To Russia
Death Penalty for Touching Mary? (Thanksgiving Weird Questions)
Podcast: Download MYS234: It’s the day after Thanksgiving, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin more weird questions from listeners, including lucid dreaming and morality; whether aliens would worship Jesus; would you die if you touched the Blessed Mother; time travel to the future and presumption; and more. Get all new… Continue reading Death Penalty for Touching Mary? (Thanksgiving Weird Questions)
Climate Change Actions Are Far More Popular Than People in U.S. Realize
A multibillion-dollar slate of moderate climate-mitigation measures in the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act has been met so far with general public approval. But a broader reaction to the historic federal action underlies the discourse: What took you so long? A survey-based study published on Tuesday suggests that a shared delusion among nearly all Americans… Continue reading Climate Change Actions Are Far More Popular Than People in U.S. Realize
India Upholds the Rules-Based Liberal International Order—But in Its Own Way
For U.S. policymakers, India’s relentless ambiguity about Russia’s war in Ukraine has been maddening. At the United Nations, India has voted to abstain on nearly every resolution condemning Russian aggression. In other multilateral venues, such as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (or Quad)—which consists of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States—New Delhi refuses to even… Continue reading India Upholds the Rules-Based Liberal International Order—But in Its Own Way
You Are My Beloved: The Lord Takes Delight in His People
Editor’s note: This is part three of a series. Part one can be found here and part two here. In the previous article, we reflected on human marriage, which “has profounder origins than the sexual instinct, and is connected above all with the spiritual nature of the human person.” Marriage on earth is but a… Continue reading You Are My Beloved: The Lord Takes Delight in His People
Q4 GDP Revised Lower As Core PCE Unexpectedly Comes In Hot
One month after the first Q4 GDP estimate surprised to the upside, coming in at 2.9% vs expectations of a 2.6% number, moments ago things gradually reverted to normalcy for a Biden admin that has seen its fair share of grossly manipulated economic data, when the BEA reported in its 2nd estimate of Q4 GDP… Continue reading Q4 GDP Revised Lower As Core PCE Unexpectedly Comes In Hot