Every Sunday, there are those who sit inside of Immanuel Presbyterian in Los Angeles for worship, but there are also those who linger outside. Most wear all black. The ones on Wilshire Boulevard hope for a peek inside the church, which was made famous by emo-rock band My Chemical Romance. (Abascal, Los Angeles Times)
Read MoreWhite evangelical Protestant and White Catholic registered voters prefer Republican candidates over Democratic candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives. Registered voters in every other religious group we can analyze either are split roughly evenly or favor Democratic candidates in this year’s midterm elections, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. (Smith, Pew Research Center)
Read MoreFirst, they erased the word ‘woman’. Now, activists want ‘gestational carriers’ to rent out their wombs for those unable to carry a child. (Lampert, The Telegraph)
Read MoreA grizzled champion of ancient wisdom and divine revelation, Knechtle (pronounced connect-lee) has in recent years become an improbable celebrity at college campuses across the country, popularity that coincides with a renewed interest in faith among young people. (Kuo, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreCornell University has banned parties and social events at fraternities for the rest of the school year and will bring sexual assault investigators into its police unit, in response to a former student's allegation of gang rape in 2024. (Nadworny & Han, NPR)
Read MoreChristopher Robin’s teddy bear appeared in a poem in Punch in 1924, under the name of Edward, but he was rechristened as Winnie after a bear at London Zoo. Milne’s first collection of stories about Pooh and his friends of disparate personality types, from the gloomily depressive to the manically bouncy, was published on October 14, 1926. (Kidd, The Telegraph)
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