BreakPoint Daily Commentary Archives

The pitfalls and perils of marijuana legalization are well-documented. But whenever we discuss that research here on BreakPoint, we’re accused of...

For the past several years, social scientists have been increasingly aware of what is called the “replication crisis” in their disciplines.

All parents remember how annoying it can be when a baby drops their pacifier on the floor. Whenever it happens, parents face a choice. First time...

If you think of American Christianity as a pendulum, we’re currently at the opposite extreme from the First Great Awakening. When Jonathan Edwards...

Recently, archaeologists working in northern Peru made a discovery they called “disturbing and disquieting.”

Over the past week, Senior Colson Fellow Glenn Sunshine has taken to Facebook to do something that much of the mainstream media—to its...

As I record this commentary, the death toll in the horrific terrorist attack in New Zealand has risen to 50 souls.

Everything we do at the Colson Center, including BreakPoint, the Point, BreakPoint This Week, the BreakPoint podcast, and the Wilberforce Weekend,...

On Tuesday, the Justice Department announced the indictment of fifty people, including a pair of well-known actresses, for their participation in a...

The following is not a hypothetical scenario. Your four-year old daughter comes home from school and says, “I can wear my brother’s clothes and he...

A chilling quote is often attributed to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin: “One death is a tragedy. One million deaths are a statistic.” Stalin is...

I still remember when Papa Johns came to my hometown. Man, I loved their pizza. Still do. And I loved that it became the pizza of choice for my...

We recently began the season of Lent. One of the practices most associated with this season is giving up something as an act of sacrificial...

America is getting older. In 1950, near the beginning of the Baby Boom era, the average life expectancy of Americans was 68. Today, it is 79. By...

In Deuteronomy 25, Moses commanded that if a man dies childless, his brother should marry the widow and that “the first son whom she bears shall...