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9.18 | Culture Friday · Overclocked childhood Sep 18, 2026

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Fri » Kids caffeinate their way through exhaustion, while education tries to engineer the struggle out of learning.

Also: John Stonestreet takes on cultural contradictions over the body and false equivalence over Islamism. Steve Limkeman returns to Middle-earth 25 years later to ask why its wonder still enlarges the real world. Plus: George Grant meets late-blooming reader Scotty Smith, who says books became “a radical gift in my life.”

EP 3490 · Fri Sep 18, 2026

Today’s stories—

> Friday morning news

> Culture Friday: Overclocked childhood

> LOTR: Wonder, recovered

> Quest with George Grant: The late reader

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9.17 | The return before goodbye Sep 17, 2026

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Thu » Some dying patients who could no longer speak or respond suddenly reconnect with loved ones. Terminal lucidity offers a glimpse of the mind at life’s edge.

Also: Secretary of State Rubio courts Latin America as China deepens its economic hold, while falling SNAP rolls test tougher work rules. Maria Baer finds history in movies, musicals, and handstands. Plus: a hood-riding snake, and David Closson on Britain’s assisted-suicide reversal.

Today’s stories—

> Thursday morning news

> Rubio: The harder sell

> SNAP: What drove the drop?

> Terminal lucidity: The return before goodbye

> Kicker: The hood hitchhiker

> Feature: History at play

> David Closson: Arguments still matter

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From WatersEdge Kingdom Capital. Asset management for churches, schools, and ministries — backed by 80 years of experience. watersedge.com/capital

And from Boyce College, which offers a Christ-centered education built on the truth of God’s Word. Every student—no matter their major—takes 30 hours of Bible and theology, learning how to think biblically, live faithfully, and lead with conviction.Formed from the 160-year legacy of Southern Seminary, Boyce College prepares students for maximum faithfulness in the world, the workplace, the church, and the family.Learn more at boycecollege.com

9.16 | Washington Wednesday: Pressure test Sep 16, 2026

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Wed » Hunter Baker on the limits of U.S. leverage—from Iran and AI regulation to Canada’s turn toward Europe.

Also: In Germany, the election winner may still remain outside government, while Maria Baer lets her children make America’s story their own. Plus: an emu makes a break for freedom, and Cal Thomas considers how to keep powerful tools in their proper place.

Today’s stories—

> Wednesday morning news

> Washington Wednesday: The limits of leverage

> WORLD Tour: The winner stays out

> Kicker: Free-range fugitive

> Feature: Making the story theirs

> Cal Thomas: Tools, not masters

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9.15 | Regulating in the dark Sep 15, 2026

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Tue » Washington debates how to regulate AI dangers no one fully understands—without slowing the race and handing China an edge.

Also: Iran-backed Houthis squeeze a second global shipping chokepoint. Meanwhile, students are reaching college without basic literacy. Plus: elementary schools rethink screens, Girl Scout cookie season goes to the dogs, and Bethel McGrew carries a 9/11 hero’s story into a new generation.

Today’s stories—

> Tuesday morning news

> Interview: Regulating in the dark

> Yemen: The second squeeze

> Literacy: The pretend degree

> Kicker: Good boys get cookies

> Education: Lessons offscreen

> Commentary: Carrying his name

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From WatersEdge Kingdom Capital. Asset management for churches, schools, and ministries — backed by 80 years of experience. watersedge.com/capital

And from Boyce College, which offers a Christ-centered education built on the truth of God’s Word. Every student—no matter their major—takes 30 hours of Bible and theology, learning how to think biblically, live faithfully, and lead with conviction. Formed from the 160-year legacy of Southern Seminary, Boyce College prepares students for maximum faithfulness in the world, the workplace, the church, and the family. Learn more at boycecollege.com

9.14 | Reality acknowledgment Sep 14, 2026

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Mon » A professor parodies a school-endorsed land acknowledgment, is punished for it, and wins a First Amendment fight.

Also: David Bahnsen says Vice President Vance’s $9,000 family benefit would expand the welfare state amid a $2 trillion deficit, and calls President Trump’s proposed $5,000 dividend even more reckless. Plus: Muhammad Ali climbs back to the heavyweight title one last time.

Today’s stories—

> Monday morning news

> Legal Docket: Reality acknowledgment

> Monday Moneybeat: The family subsidy trap

> WORLD History Book: One last impossible

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Additional support comes from Boyce College, which offers a Christ-centered education built on the truth of God’s Word. Every student—no matter their major—takes 30 hours of Bible and theology, learning how to think biblically, live faithfully, and lead with conviction. Formed from the 160-year legacy of Southern Seminary, Boyce College prepares students for maximum faithfulness in the world, the workplace, the church, and the family. Learn more at boycecollege.com

From WatersEdge Kingdom Capital. Asset management for churches, schools, and ministries — backed by 80 years of experience. watersedge.com/capital

And from Dordt University. Offering fast-track Ag degrees to help graduates make an impact in agriculture sooner. Dordt.edu

DoubleTake: A few red flags Sep 12, 2026

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One Christian woman’s life on eggshells, whose longing for love drove her into some destructive relationships

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9.11 | The day still speaks Sep 11, 2026

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Fri » Culture Friday looks back 25 years after 9/11—and considers what the day still reveals about truth, memory, and moral clarity.

Also: John Stonestreet discusses the conspiracy theories that have persisted since Charlie Kirk’s assassination and how abortion culture can push three murdered children to the margins of the Clancy case. Plus: Runner proves better than advertised, and a preview of Doubletake looks at signs misread before marriage.

Today’s stories—

> Friday morning news

> Culture Friday: The day that reveals us

> Film review: Better than advertised

> Doubletake preview: Signs misread

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9.10 | Grace at Ground Zero Sep 10, 2026

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Thu » Photographer Krystyna Sanderson captured St. Paul’s Chapel as a refuge for Ground Zero workers—and saw God’s grace in the devastation.

Also: Russia tests NATO’s defenses without crossing into open war, while Canada’s military keeps chaplains on the platform but bars prayer at public ceremonies. Mississippi’s reading turnaround shows what can happen when struggling children aren’t written off. Plus: Royals fans find a win inside a loss, and Daniel Suhr considers what Charlie Kirk taught freedom was for.

Today’s stories—

Thursday morning news
Russia/NATO: Testing the tripwire
Canada chaplains: The redacted chaplain
Mississippi reading: No child written off
Kicker: Baseball, hot dogs, and moral victories
9/11 feature: Grace through the viewfinder
Daniel Suhr: What freedom is for

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9.9 Washington Wednesday: Betting the midterms on Trump Sep 09, 2026

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Wed » Hunter Baker weighs Republicans’ gamble to make the midterms feel like a Trump election.

World Tour follows Britain’s speech laws from a Facebook video to 17 days in custody and a 17-minute acquittal. At the 9/11 Memorial, Dana Tamuccio makes her brother Mike—and thousands of others—more than names on a wall. Cal Thomas asks what “never forget” requires teaching a new generation. Plus: a black bear walks into a fire station.

Today’s stories

Wednesday morning news
Washington Wednesday: Betting the midterms on Trump
World Tour: Seventeen days to 17 minutes
Kicker: A bear walks in
Feature: The people in the names
Cal Thomas: What to remember

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