The eminent social thinker remained in Germany throughout his career to defend the most progressive and enlightened traditions of his native land. (The Times)
Read MoreIn proposing to allow sexually explicit conversations with its popular chatbot, OpenAI exposed fractures over how to balance rapid user growth and digital freedom with safety and child protection—issues that many believe were belatedly confronted when social media made its debut a generation ago. (Schechner & Wells, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreCenturies ago, some Irish feasted and drank, too, but for a more religious purpose. Christians in Ireland during roughly the ninth and 10th centuries began observing a feast day for St. Patrick during Lent, according to History.com. For the holiday, people could drink and dance and skip Lenten prohibitions against eating meat, feasting on Irish bacon and cabbage. (Snider, USA Today)
Read MoreBuddhists are the world’s only major religious group whose population shrank between 2010 and 2020, according to a recent Pew Research Center analysis of religion in 201 countries and territories.(Tong et al. Pew Research Center)
Read MoreJohn M. Perkins, an influential Baptist author, Bible teacher and longtime racial reconciliation advocate, died Friday (March 13). He was 95. Perkins died surrounded by his wife and family, they announced on social media. (Banks, Religion News Service)
Read MoreFamilies are now shelling out more than $40 billion every year on children’s sports activities, according to Aspen Institute research. As much as they may rant about the intensity, time commitments and increasingly absurd economy of youth sports, there is no way to escape it—or avoid their nearest Dick’s Sporting Goods. (Cohen, The Wall Street Journal)
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