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The Enduring Value — And Vanishing Presence — Of America’s Newspapers

(ANALYSIS) Despite some major differences, newspapers and religion share notable similarities in their societal roles, including defining norms, creating a sense of a shared community, while maintaining rituals. These parallels are often rooted in the human need to make sense of a complex world. Over the years, Hollywood has immortalized their importance with a series of movies.

Analysis, North America, Religion, SocietyRichard OstlingSeptember 9, 2025richard ostling, Richard ostling, analysis, newspapers, media, technology, religion, richard ostlingDick Ostling, Richard Ostling Comment

100 Years Since The Scopes Trial: Evolution, Religion and America’s Classroom Conflicts

(ANALYSIS) One hundred years ago this month, Americans were transfixed as a Tennessee courtroom hosted challenge to the state’s new law barring “the teaching of the Evolution Theory” in public schools, including colleges. The prohibition covered “any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible.

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