The World and Everything In It

Mon » A bush pilot’s seized Cessna tests the Eighth Amendment’s ban on excessive fines at the Supreme Court.
Also: David Bahnsen explains why the Fed’s rate hike mostly caught up with markets that had already tightened. Plus: the WORLD History Book traces how Congress turned Article III’s sketch of a federal judiciary into a working court system.

EP 3491 · Mon Sep 21, 2026

Today’s stories—
> Monday morning news
> Legal Docket: Seized livelihood
> David Bahnsen: Fashionably late
> WORLD History Book: From sketch to system

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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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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

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

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