For years, visitors would venture up Mount Sinai with a Bedouin guide to watch the sunrise over the pristine, rocky landscape or go on other Bedouin-led hikes. Now one of Egypt's most sacred places - revered by Jews, Christians and Muslims - is at the heart of an unholy row over plans to turn it into a new tourism mega-project. (Knell, BBC)
Read MoreHalf of Americans believe a terminally-ill person should be able to ask a doctor for help in ending their life. Legal approval has outpaced the growth in public support. A Lifeway Research study of U.S. adults finds 51% think it is morally acceptable for a person facing a painful terminal disease to ask for a physician’s aid in taking his or her life. (Earls, Lifeway Research)
Read MoreGeorge Orwell’s “beast fable” continues to inform political and social commentary on both the left and the right. It has much more to teach us than merely “four legs good, two legs bad.” (Rossi & Rodden, Action Institute)
Read MoreNepal’s government lifted a sweeping social-media ban late Monday after the days-old prohibition sparked clashes between protesters and police that left at least 19 people dead, according to two state-run news outlets. (Pokharel, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreThis week, the world’s best-known living religious composer, the reclusive Estonian Arvo Pärt, turns 90. The fact that he’s also the most-performed classical composer in the world after John Williams is surprising. After all, we live in a Godless age. It’s a fair bet nearly all those people who love Pärt’s music never go to church. So what is it about his music that has touched a nerve? (Hewett, Telegraph)
Read MoreIn Moscow, Idaho, conservative evangelical pastor Doug Wilson last year praised the nomination of now-U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for his opposition to women in combat. Then, in an interview broadcast last month, Wilson told CNN that in his vision of a Christian America, women would hold few leadership positions beyond being "chief executive" of the home and raising children. (Ramirez, USA Today)
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