The Isle of Man government has launched an independent review of its personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) curriculum after parents raised the alarm about the “graphic, disproportionate, indecent presentation” of sexual acts and different gender identities understood to have been taught in lessons. (Clarence-Smith, The Telegraph)
Read MoreThe site of ancient Antioch — a crossroads of civilizations and a modern tourist and religious pilgrimage destination in southern Turkey — is one of the cities left most devastated by the Feb. 6 earthquake that killed tens of thousands in Turkey and Syria. (Estrin, Harbage, Balaban & Yilmazel, NPR)
Read MoreReligious history is shaped as much by sudden irruptions as long trajectories, as much by the mystical and personal as by the institutional and sociological. (Douthat, The New York Times)
Read MoreAmericans are increasingly forgoing or delaying marriage — a dramatic shift from societal norms a generation ago. Over the last 50 years, the marriage rate in the U.S. has dropped by nearly 60%. (Pandey, Axios)
Read MoreNewspapers across the United States have pulled Scott Adams’s long-running “Dilbert” comic strip after the cartoonist called Black Americans a “hate group” and said White people should “get the hell away from” them. (Floyd & Cavna, The Washington Post)
Read MoreForbes is attempting to reset her campaign to succeed Sturgeon after a bruising launch that saw her lose ministerial backing and her campaign director take “a step back” over how she handled media interviews about her faith. (Andrews, The Times UK)
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