Income inequality dipped, more people had college degrees, fewer people moved to a different home and the share of Asian and Hispanic residents increased in the United States last year, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. (Schneider, AP News)
Read MoreThe new pontiff has so far impressed traditionalists but claims he will continue his predecessor’s inclusive approach puts his mission to restore Church unity at risk. (Kington, The Times)
Read MoreIn 2018, Kentucky became the first state to pass a law making equally shared custody the default arrangement in divorces and separations. The law has become a model for other states, not least because Kentucky’s divorce rate has plummeted. (Wolfe, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreFor 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)
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