We have a lot to talk about today, and I think that one thing that is particularly striking to me is how we never seem to listen. I've always found that it never hurts to listen to someone else. I may not accept what they say, and I often times will reject the ideas they have put forth, but listening never hurts, and it often helps. I'm going to try to demonstrate that concept through a rather random assortment of articles in this podcast.

1. U.S. Fertility Rate Fell to a Record Low, for a Second Straight Year by Sabrina Tavernise from the New York Times

2. Do Millennials Really Love Socialism? by Stephen Walters from Intellectual Takeout

3. Influencing Culture through All the Spheres of Our Lives by Hugh Whelchel from the Institute for Faith, Work and Economics

4. If The ‘Intellectual Dark Web’ Is Questionable, So Is The New York Times by Joy Pullmann from The Federalist

5. Why Baseball Needs To Switch To Robot Umps As Soon As They’re Effective by Nathanael Blake from The Federalist

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It has been said that there is no constant in the world except change. I don't know that that's true, but I have heard it said, and there is no doubt that things change all the time. As Christians, we subscribe to a set of truths that do not change. Obviously, that can put us at odds with the world around us from time to time. How do we think about change? Let's explore that.

1. The Liberal Arts vs. Progressive Education by Robert Stacey from The Imaginative Conservative

2. The Civilization That Soared and Enlivened the World by Robert W Merry from The American Conservative

3. Christian, Choose Hope in an Age of Cynicism by Jason Duesing from The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission

4. The Absurdity and Joy of Being a Local Newspaper Reporter by Teresa Mull from The American Conservative

5. Why Humans Increasingly Are Unaware of Their Ignorance (And Why it's a Big Problem) by Barry Brownstein from Intellectual Takeout

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