Texting has been Americans’ primary source of communication for nearly 20 years. Now, it’s the main way of showing we care about someone else. With a 64 percent average approval among three age groups, Americans chose texting as the preferred method to let someone know they were appreciated. (Barkley, Baptist Press)
Read MoreThe federal government will introduce legislation this fall that will indefinitely extend the ban on access to a medically assisted death for people who are solely suffering from mental illness, Justice Minister Sean Fraser said on Wednesday. (Zimonjic, CBC)
Read MoreThe decline is particularly striking among ninth-grade girls, according to Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University who published her analysis of the 2025 data on her Substack “Generation Tech.” In 2021, 30 percent of ninth-grade girls identified as lesbian or bisexual. Last year, 17 percent did. (Parks, The Washington Post)
Read MoreTikTok is filled with influencers dispensing all manner of advice on how to get ahead financially, whether it is saving to retire early, earning a passive income or using credit-card rewards to fund a globe-trotting lifestyle. But users are also finding big audiences showing the private money struggles many would be too embarrassed to share. (Brown, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreMany of the students I met don’t think about gambling in moral terms at all; some don’t even consider sports betting or prediction markets to be gambling. (Coppins, The Atlantic)
Read MoreZionism was coined in the 1890s to name the organized political movement to create a Jewish state. After that goal was achieved with the establishment of the State of Israel, in 1948, the label continued to be claimed by people who took pride in its existence and wanted it to survive and thrive. (Kirsch, The Atlantic)
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