Just War Zombie Apocalypses? (and more Weird Questions)

Podcast: Download MYS345: For New Year’s week, Jimmy Akin is answering more weird questions posed by Cy Kellett, including whether Just War doctrine applies to a zombie apocalypse; does a transplanted organ transfer baptismal graces; do Time Lords go to heaven; and more! Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email |… Continue reading Just War Zombie Apocalypses? (and more Weird Questions)

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On the March, School Choice Takes Its Fight From Red, Right to Blue

Private school choice advocates expect that 2025 will be the year that they finally bring the last big red state, Texas, into the fold. The likely victory would, in turn, pose the next big challenge for the controversial movement: Can it win in enemy territory — that is, blue states — too? Randi Weingarten, right,… Continue reading On the March, School Choice Takes Its Fight From Red, Right to Blue

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Let African Communities Manage Their Climate Adaptation Plans

When I was a baby, a long drought drove my family from our rural village in Kenya to Kibera, the largest slum in the country. My single mother wanted to provide us a better life, but with few prospects we ended up in the most vulnerable part of Nairobi. Climate change has shaped my life… Continue reading Let African Communities Manage Their Climate Adaptation Plans

What Trump Can—And Probably Can’t—Do to Reverse U.S. Climate Policy

November 8, 2024 5 min read What Trump Can—And Probably Can’t—Do to Reverse U.S. Climate Policy The new president-elect can go beyond just pulling out of the Paris Agreement. But it may be more difficult to roll back clean energy policies By Gautam Jain & The Conversation US In 2019, then-President Donald Trump visited a… Continue reading What Trump Can—And Probably Can’t—Do to Reverse U.S. Climate Policy

A Misdiagnosis of Substance Abuse

Six pages into his latest contribution to the literature of recovery, William Cope Moyers tells us that the “tried and true routes to recovery” failed him in his battle against a slip into opioid addiction. The venerable combination of meetings, the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), and abstinence that has helped millions of people… Continue reading A Misdiagnosis of Substance Abuse

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The Lucy Fossil’s Extraordinary Journey to Becoming an Icon of Human Evolution

Fifty years ago researchers working in the Afar region of Ethiopia recovered a remarkable fossil of an ancient relative of ours. This specimen of a female hominin, or member of the human family, soon became the most famous fossil in the world. If you’ve ever had even a passing interest in human origins, you have… Continue reading The Lucy Fossil’s Extraordinary Journey to Becoming an Icon of Human Evolution

Worker Protections for Extreme Heat in Peril after Trump’s Election

November 11, 2024 3 min read Worker Protections for Extreme Heat in Peril after Trump’s Election A Biden administration proposal that would require employers to provide cooling measures under extreme heat conditions may be scuttled by the incoming Trump administration By Ariel Wittenberg & E&E News A worker adjusts his helmet on a construction site in… Continue reading Worker Protections for Extreme Heat in Peril after Trump’s Election