Jacob Akey

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  • Mar 28, 2025
    In signing Executive Order 14242 (“Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities”), President Trump directed the secretary of education to “take...
  • Mar 21, 2025
    Reports of the financial struggles and decline in membership among large American denominations have become so commonplace that they often elicit little more than a shrug. But every...
  • Mar 17, 2025
    Until 2023, the library at Trinity College in Dublin was named after George Berkeley, one of the great names of eighteenth-century philosophy. Berkeley studied and taught at Trinity....
  • Mar 11, 2025
    A few weeks ago, the Pew Research Center released the results of its most recent Religious Landscape Survey. The survey is one of the most important data sources for...
  • Mar 10, 2025
    Over the last few weeks, Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has publicized several examples of wasted taxpayer money, including funds devoted to foreign aid. In...
  • Mar 7, 2025
    Last year, a week before Thanksgiving, a homeless man stabbed three people to death in Manhattan. The morning spree was random—not the result of a drug deal or premeditated...
  • Feb 9, 2025
    In real life, I’m a gentle soul—easygoing, tolerant, deferential, emotionally steady with a tilt toward whimsical joviality. There are exceptions. Behind the wheel of a car, I...
  • Feb 1, 2025
    Trump’s ban on gender transitioning has turned the tide on an indefensible cult,” writes Telegraph columnist Suzanne Moore. “The pretense that sex can be changed is over.” In...