Ryan Glover

Jun 1, 2024 | standleague.org | Ryan Glover |Daniel Bradley

Yes, you’re correct: people don’t feel as close to one another as they used to. We now have tabulated data that supports this. A Pew Research Center survey of 24 countries released this month found that, out of all demographics, a median of 83% of adults say they “feel very or somewhat close to other people in their country.” In America, that middle value is just 66, making us the least likely among the nations surveyed to feel a bond or kinship with our countrymen.

Mar 21, 2024 | standleague.org | Ryan Glover |Daniel Bradley |Qamar Rafiq

There was a time when religious freedom was not a priority. The belief was that, with advancing technologies, the relevance of religious freedom—and religion itself—would fade in the modern secularized world. There was a time when the U.S. did business, fostered diplomatic and cultural ties and formed partnerships with nations with little or no regard for those nations’ abuses of their people’s freedom of religion. World events changed all that. Massacres in Rwanda and Bosnia.

Jul 5, 2023 | rocknheavy.net | Ryan Glover

Singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo dropped her highly anticipated comeback single from her sophomore album “Vampire” last Friday June 30th, and it doesn’t disappoint. The track starts off with with a smooth piano ballad layered with Olivia’s soft vocals. One of the first things that stuck out to me when listening to it for the first time as the title and cover art suggested more of an fast tempo’d feel.