He thought his baseball dream was over. But God — and Banana Ball — had other plans for Bronson Balholm: A parking spot led Balholm back to his religion. Four years later, he’s one of the Party Animals’ most beloved players — and its unofficial ‘faith leader’

https://www.deseret.com/sports/2026/09/20/banana-ball-and-faith-party-animals-catcher-bronson-balholm/

More internet is associated with less faith, according to a new analysis of 81 countries: The higher the internet usage of a people, the lower the religious belonging and self-identification tends to be, sociologists say in a new report

https://www.deseret.com/faith/2026/09/18/effect-of-internet-on-faith-secularization-worldwide/

The Armored Sarcophagus Saving Ukrainian Soldiers: Unmanned ground vehicles are conducting once-impossible medical evacuations along Ukraine’s front lines.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/09/ukraine-frontline-medical-evacuations/688638/

The powerful millionaires hiding in plain sight

https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/09/14/g-s1-143041/the-powerful-millionaires-hiding-in-plain-sight

Report of MIT’s Ad Hoc Committee on AI Use in Teaching, Learning, and Research Training August 13, 2026

https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.mit.edu/dist/d/2418/files/2026/08/AI-Committee-Final-Report-Aug-13.pdf

Opinion: Are foreigners manipulating debates over data centers?: Investigators for X claim to have found hundreds of Chinese bots planting fears online

https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2026/09/14/is-china-behind-opposition-to-data-centers/

The Poisonous Power of Gossip

https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/the-poisonous-power-of-gossip-6085179

‘I couldn’t stop’: Atlantic journalist shares insights from his brief sports betting spiral: At a BYU lecture, McKay Coppins shared how a $10,000 research experiment nearly hooked him — and why America’s gambling boom should alarm everyone

https://www.deseret.com/education/2026/09/10/mckay-coppins-gambles-byu-lecture-atlantic-sports-betting/

Normal tools for normal tasks. Open a tool, do the thing, leave. No account, no download, and nothing between you and the answer.

https://www.normaltools.com/

FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-probes-service-selling-153m-drivers-licenses/

Who Actually Makes Your Supplements?: Supplements are by far the most obfuscated category I have covered to date. Here's what you can do about it.

https://www.worseonpurpose.com/p/who-actually-makes-your-supplements?

If You Want to Get Married, Here’s Where You Should Move: A new interactive map reveals the parts of the country with the highest rates of marriage among young adults in their 20s and 30s.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/bright/if-you-want-to-get-married-heres-where-you-should-move-6079837

"If you’re looking to get married, the place to go might be the Provo area in Utah. Or maybe Fort Wayne and the southern suburbs in Indiana.

Both locations feature some of the highest rates of new marriages over the past year in the country, according to a new project by the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) called the Marriage Map. In the Provo area, fully 13.2 percent of never-married adults aged 22 to 39 got married last year. In the Fort Wayne area, the number was 10.6 percent."

How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi: A case study in self-sabotage

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/07/uk-productivity-economy-reform-party/687303/

Opinion: Why WalletHub’s ‘Worst State for Women’ ranking misses the mark on Utah: The narrow formula rewards female wage-earning while ignoring how strong marriages, lower poverty, and family choices shape women’s well-being relative to men

https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2026/08/21/wallethub-equality-measure-utah/

Perspective: 7 signs your counselor may be undermining your faith: Good counseling can do tremendous good, but even the best mental health professional is not neutral toward religion and spirituality

https://www.deseret.com/faith/2026/08/18/supporting-faith-in-counseling/

The rise of the prenup and how it’s associated with divorce: It’s getting easier to get a prenuptial agreement, which makes it easier to leave a marriage

https://www.deseret.com/family/2026/08/13/prenup-divorce-probability-marriage/

Why I Quit the Tenure Track: The insufferable hypocrisy of elite academia

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/09/elite-academia-leadership-hypocrisy/687969/

You Might Be a Late Bloomer: The life secrets of those who flailed early but succeeded by old age

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/06/successs-late-bloomers-motivation/678798/

The Hard Truth About the Sanctuary Movement

https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/the-hard-truth-about-the-sanctuary-movement/

The Mental Health Case for Religion: The strongest mental health research connects sustained religious participation with healthier coping and well-being.

https://publicsquaremag.org/health/mental-health/the-mental-health-case-for-religion/