Welcome to The Light, where we pause together and consider what the day is asking of us.
Something quiet and profound is unfolding in medicine. Researchers may have found a way to treat pre-eclampsia, a dangerous pregnancy condition that has long resisted intervention, and the answer appears not to be a new pharmaceutical, but something already within reach. Science, it seems, sometimes circles back to the simple.
From the body to the body politic — the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that New Jersey could not compel a pro-life pregnancy care center to surrender the names of its donors. Nine justices, across every philosophical difference, agreed that the state had overreached. In a fractured time, unanimity carries its own kind of weight.
And then there is the question of words and their consequences. The National Religious Broadcasters have asked the Federal Communications Commission to examine remarks made by Jimmy Kimmel following what was described as a third attempt on President Trump's life. The request raises something older than any controversy — where does speech end, and where does harm begin.
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