Poland, Europe's Last Hope, Episode 58,239
The president of the Polish bishops' conference confirmed the country's Catholic Church will resist “LGBT ideology” as equality campaigners demanded the dismissal of an archbishop who branded gays and lesbians a “rainbow pestilence.”
Did Scheske Just Open His Podcast with a Testimony to Rural America's Future?
Rural death spiral: Political and economic power is shifting to the cities, and 20% of the population – 46 million people – is being left behind in the middle of America. These communities face increasingly difficult barriers to education, wealth and health.
Author of Hillbilly Elegy becomes Catholic.
I became persuaded over time that Catholicism was true. I was raised Christian, but never had a super-strong attachment to any denomination, and was never baptized. When I became more interested in faith, I started out with a clean slate, and looked at the church that appealed most to me intellectually.
But it's too easy to intellectualize this. When I looked at the people who meant the most to me, they were Catholic. My uncle by marriage is a Catholic. Rene Girard is someone I only know by reading him, and he was Catholic. I've been reading and studying about it for three years, or even longer. It was time.
"Everyone" had Domestic Servants in 1900 England
In an age of persistently high inequality, work in high-cost metros catering to the whims of the wealthy–grooming them, stretching them, feeding them, driving them–has become one of the fastest-growing industries.
How a pinball bumper works
The 25 Best Colleges in America, According to 19,000 Data Points on Cost and Quality