Since Quebec pioneered assisted dying in Canada in 2015, it has fueled a profound social transformation in the French-speaking province. Choosing to die, on one’s own terms and without suffering, is now seen as an individual right in a society that has rejected the Roman Catholic Church’s teaching that euthanasia is a grave sin. (Onishi, The New York Times)
Read MoreResearch by Keyes and others has revealed that watching sports of all kinds, both in-person and on a screen, can have positive impacts on well-being. And even when your team loses—as they are practically guaranteed to do at some point—fans still get something out of the social act of following a team. (Greenwood, TIME)
Read MoreSome religious adherents, as well as some nonbelievers, maintain that the existence of life on other planets might undermine many faiths because it would complicate assertions that humans are unique. But others argue the opposite. (Fauria, AP News)
Read MoreWhereas previous on-screen incarnations often cast bisexuals as slippery, villainous (Loki in “Loki”) or troubled (Caleb in “Shameless”), the new bisexual man is intended to reassure, titillate or both. (Paul, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreThe American Medical Association says that “physician-assisted suicide is fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role as healer” and poses “serious societal risks,” although a number of state medical organizations have opted to remain neutral or… to support passage. (Span, The New York Times)
Read MoreIn a poll conducted between 2019 and 2021, 25-year-old respondents were about three times more likely to identify their faith tradition as “just Christian” than to say they were Protestant. Among older Americans, the pattern reversed sharply—70-year-olds were three times more likely to choose “Protestant” over “just Christian.” (Burge & Richardson, Christianity Today)
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