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“History,” Henry Ford famously said, “is just one darn thing after another.” Meaning, human history is no more than a random flow of events with no cause, no purpose, and no destination. Similarly, philosopher Thomas Nagel described history as the story of two oblivions, where everything starts with a bang and ends with a bang. The worldview behind this understanding of history is the dominant one of our age, not only […]
By Dennis Lennox, CP Contributor Sunday, February 01, 2026 Kids skate on an outdoor rink in Helsinki, Finland. | Dennis Lennox HELSINKI, Finland — Finland’s capital is often overlooked in winter, when many travelers assume darkness and cold outweigh the rewards. That assumption doesn’t hold. The colder months strip away crowds and reveal a city […]
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Tuesday, February 10, 2026 Quick Summary AI Summary ‘I Can Only Imagine 2’ explores faith amid suffering, according to Dennis Quaid and Milo Ventimiglia. The sequel addresses themes of redemption and the complexities of parenthood. The film releases in theaters on Feb. 20. An artificial intelligence-powered tool created this […]
A video circulating recently on social media appears to show the late comedian George Carlin delivering a razor-sharp critique of political tribalism. In the clip, “Carlin” argues that when ideology becomes identity, people defend their ideas not because they’re true, but because those ideas have become indistinguishable from who they are. Evidence becomes optional. And […]
This past weekend, a pair of events drew global audiences. The Opening Ceremonies of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and Super Bowl LX in San Francisco are the most recent installments of events that have become contemporary cultural flashpoints and feature the clash of worldviews. Thankfully, this year’s Opening Ceremonies were tame compared to recent […]
In an inaugural address delivered on New Year’s Day, Zohran Mamdani promised “to replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” Social media quickly filled with memes that paired the quote with images of the victims of Nazi, Stalinist, and Maoist “warm collectivism.” For all Mamdani’s disarming smiles, his choice of words was intentional. […]
Debt has been a problem for centuries, but did you know that the medical debt crisis in the U.S. has recently reached a breaking point? According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), this crisis impacts over 100 million Americans. Not only are high costs at stake, but these individuals have inadequate insurance, pop-up bills, […]
A decision issued on Tuesday, January 6, by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit may be one of the most significant religious liberty decisions of 2026. In Union Gospel Mission of Yakima v. Brown, the court affirmed that religious organizations have a constitutional right to hire according to their faith, even for “ordinary” or non-minister positions, […]
Venezuela has been in and out of headlines for a while, but the oil industry has made a negative comeback with President Trump’s recent review: “As everyone knows, the oil business in Venezuela has been a bust, a total bust for a long period of time,” said Trump. “They were pumping almost nothing by comparison […]
One of the most trusted and popular documentary filmmakers on history and culture would like us to “rethink the American Revolution.” Instead, critics of the latest project by Ken Burns have found that it retells the story of American independence through the lens of Critical Theory while making wrong assertions along the way. Burns does correctly describe how many of the Founding Fathers “turned a blind eye” to the problem of slavery. Not far from the Philadelphia coffee […]