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Seven of the best articles I came across this week:
1. Some good reflection this week on the problems and dangers of social media, especially Twitter. See this article from Damon Linker on how Twitter could be the death of democracy, this word of counsel from Farhad Manjoo, and this confession from Joe Carter on being a recovering social media fool.
2. Andrea Palpant Dilley – Who Owns a Woman’s Body? Not Who You Think. Why treating the female body like property misses the gospel and fails the unborn.
3. Yuval Levin – What Happened to Bioethics? Why biomedical research doesn’t roil national politics anymore — and the thin hope offered by the last time it did.
4. Anonymous – Four Reasons Survivors of Abuse Stay Silent. “I didn’t tell about my abuse for many years. But, now, I want to push back the confusion and unmask the author of lies. I want other survivors to be set free by the truth that also freed me.”
5. Joshua Rothman – The Art of Decision-Making. Your life choices are shadowed by ignorance: you choose to be a parent without knowing what being a parent will be like.
6. Kelly Minter – 6 Essential Questions for Spiritual Health. After a season of near burnout, Kelly poses a few questions that helped her spiritual health.
7. Eight Predictions for What the World Will Look Like in 20 Years. Most of these are likely way off, but there may be a couple that could be correct.
