The World and Everything In It

Mon » Legal Docket · An election-law expert’s love of liberty began with parents who escaped tyranny.
Also: On Moneybeat, David Bahnsen asks what consumer-confidence surveys really tell us. Plus: tariff relief in Maine, France’s debt corner, and California’s wealth tax. WORLD History Book: The Statue of Liberty at 140—and how an abolitionist monument became an icon of immigration.

EP 3516 · Mon Oct 26, 2026

☀️ Today’s stories
› Monday morning news 
› Legal Docket: Where liberty took root
› Moneybeat: Confidence game 
› WORLD History Book: The hollow icon 

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✅ Moneybeat
→ Consumer confidence follows politics—Statista · A striking look at the partisan flip in economic sentiment.
→ Dividend Café: A Treadmill Market · David on a market going nowhere, AI valuations, and dividends.

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Fri » Culture Friday · John Stonestreet calls disputed reporting on Elisabeth Elliot “flat-out slander.”
Also on Culture Friday: the return of woke ideology and Cornell’s attempt to regulate a campus culture that has rejected sexual restraint. Film: Steve Limkeman compares two alien-encounter movies with very different views of providence. Plus: George Grant asks pastor John Currie what Calvin, Lloyd-Jones, and Ronald Reagan taught him about leadership.

EP 3515 · Fri Oct 23, 2026

☀️ Today’s stories
› Friday morning news
› Culture Friday: Disrespect for the dead
› Movie review: No mere coincidence
› Quest: What leadership requires

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Thu » A Cuban who lived through the revolution tells American schoolchildren: “Within days food began to disappear. People began to disappear.”

Also: In Idaho, a pastor finds his Kansas abortion fight waiting for him back home. Former Ambassador Sam Brownback explains how his religious-freedom organization lost its bank account, and Daniel Darling urges Christians to steward their citizenship. Plus: Christian metal meets the Juggalos, and a runaway tortoise fights the law (spoiler: the law wins).

☀️ Today’s stories
› Thursday morning news
› Idaho ballot: The fight that followed him
› Debanking: Your money’s no good here
› Cuba remembered: Before the myths take hold
› Kicker: I fought the law
› An unlikely gig: “Where we wanna go”
› Daniel Darling: We should not be silent

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The Voice of the Martyrs, serving persecuted Christians since 1967. More at VOM.org/theworld.
Looking for a Christ-centered education with a deep commitment to academic excellence? Located on top of Lookout Mountain, Georgia, Covenant College students thrive in a Christ-centered community and are equipped to pursue their callings through a vibrant liberal arts education. Applications for Fall 2027 are open, and students who visit are eligible to receive a grant of $2,000. More at Covenant.edu/world.
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Wed » El-Sayed turns Muslim Brotherhood questions to his advantage. On Washington Wednesday: Democratic Socialists’ demands, Sen. Slotkin’s dark warning, Trump vs. Vance on Netanyahu, disappearing Senate debates, and the Medicare for All fine print.

Also: Israel faces its first national election since the October 7 attacks, but there's still been no official inquiry into the security failures. Two estranged daughters return home after four years to say goodbye to the dying family dog. Plus: smart refrigerators stop fridging, and Janie B. Cheaney considers where we look for healing.

EP 3513 · Wed Oct 21, 2026

☀️ Today’s stories
› Wednesday morning news
› Washington Wednesday: The nanosecond disavowal
› World Tour: October 7 on the ballot
› Kicker: The fridge that stopped fridging
› Feature: The mother she became
› Commentary: Holding on to hurts

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Looking for a Christ-centered education with a deep commitment to academic excellence? Located on top of Lookout Mountain, Georgia, Covenant College students thrive in a Christ-centered community and are equipped to pursue their callings through a vibrant liberal arts education. Applications for Fall 2027 are open, and students who visit are eligible to receive a grant of $2,000. More at Covenant.edu/world.
Dordt’s Master of Public Administration program. Christian training in leadership and policy analysis. dordt.edu/mpa.
The Voice of the Martyrs, serving persecuted Christians since 1967. More at VOM.org/theworld.

Tue » Most American workers struggle to find purpose in their jobs. WORLD’s Lauren Smyth explores why.
Also: A former Treasury official worries Washington is giving up too much leverage against Putin in pursuit of cheaper diesel. Scientists compete for new research money as the White House seeks more say over grants. American families discover that homeschooling freedoms don’t necessarily travel overseas. Plus: Paris burns, and a German snuff championship comes down to two milligrams—and a cleanliness score.

EP 3512 · Tue Oct 20, 2026

☀️ Today’s stories
› Tuesday morning news
› Russia sanctions: The price of leverage
› Science funding: Who picks the winners?
› Meaning of work: The long run
› Kicker: By a nose
› Feature: Home rules abroad
› Cal Thomas: Paris en flammes

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Additional support comes from Dordt’s Master of Public Administration program. Christian training in leadership and policy analysis. dordt.edu/mpa.
Additional support comes from The Voice of the Martyrs, serving persecuted Christians since 1967. More at VOM.org/theworld.
Looking for a Christ-centered education with a deep commitment to academic excellence? Located on top of Lookout Mountain, Georgia, Covenant College students thrive in a Christ-centered community and are equipped to pursue their callings through a vibrant liberal arts education. Applications for Fall 2027 are open, and students who visit are eligible to receive a grant of $2,000. More at Covenant.edu/world.