Every way of a man is right in his own eyes.
Proverbs 21:2
"The political left and right in the United States are more divided than ever, embroiled in cultural, moral, and ideological battles with no common ground in sight.
Yet amazingly, MSN News is making a radical, and even prophetic, claim: that the idea of the Sabbath, and of a national day of rest, promoted in Charlie Kirk’s book, could succeed in bridging the political divide in the United States.
What decades of political division failed to achieve could now be accomplished through a shared Sabbath, a collective day of rest, which is being presented as a moral and cultural remedy for America’s problems.
What decades of political division failed to achieve could now be accomplished through a shared Sabbath, a collective day of rest, which is being presented as a moral and cultural remedy for America’s problems.
This represents a radical shift in public discourse, where a religious day of rest, Sunday, is being elevated as the solution capable of uniting Democrats and Republicans, forging a new dawn in political relations, and healing the nation.
On December 22, 2025, MSN News published the following:
• “Charlie Kirk’s last book, Stop, in the Name of God, was released on the morning of December 9. By afternoon, it had jumped to No. 1 on Amazon and then sold out.”
• “I can’t think of any other work of Sabbatarian theology that has attained instant best-seller status.”
• “Americans, religious or not, kept the Sabbath for centuries. Blue
laws, or Sunday-closing mandates that decreed a 24-hour pause from most work and commerce, were a legacy of the Puritans, who believed in keeping the Sabbath as stringently as possible. Over the past century or so, however, Sunday has come to mean mainly football and kids’ soccer and shopping, and the faithful adding church into the mix.”
• “The Sabbath goes back thousands of years and is a cornerstone of Western civilization. The rhythm in which six days of work were followed by one day of rest produced basic units of time such as the seven-day week and, ultimately, the weekend, along with foundational principles such as universal equality.”
• “The point that I suspect will really resonate with readers, though, is also the most nonpartisan. If one sentiment unites the left and right in the United States today, it is that technology exercises a tyrannical control over our habits of mind. You don’t have to be religious to understand the discomfort—or allure—of spending a day a week without a cell phone. This is why a secular “tech sabbath” has gained cultural currency over the past decade. The Sabbath can promote physical as well as spiritual healing, Kirk says. It can interrupt the cycle of social media addiction.”
Social media addiction has become a genuine public health crisis in America, marked by rising anxiety, depression, attention deficits, and burnout across all age groups. Against this backdrop, MSN News is advancing the idea of a bipartisan proposal—embraced by both Democrats and Republicans (left and right)—for a structured national day of rest, a so-called “tech Sabbath,” as a remedy for digital overload.
Sunday rest is being proposed as the answer to endless scrolling, algorithm-driven burnout, and a 24/7 digital news cycle that has intensified political polarization and hostilities in American life. According to major media voices, a weekly day of rest is a rare point of agreement—appealing to conservatives concerned about moral order and family stability and to liberals focused on mental health and worker stress. In a deeply divided nation, Sunday rest has become a cure-all and a shared solution at a time when almost nothing else seems capable of uniting both political parties." AdventMessenger
On December 22, 2025, MSN News published the following:
• “Charlie Kirk’s last book, Stop, in the Name of God, was released on the morning of December 9. By afternoon, it had jumped to No. 1 on Amazon and then sold out.”
• “I can’t think of any other work of Sabbatarian theology that has attained instant best-seller status.”
• “Americans, religious or not, kept the Sabbath for centuries. Blue
• “The Sabbath goes back thousands of years and is a cornerstone of Western civilization. The rhythm in which six days of work were followed by one day of rest produced basic units of time such as the seven-day week and, ultimately, the weekend, along with foundational principles such as universal equality.”
• “The point that I suspect will really resonate with readers, though, is also the most nonpartisan. If one sentiment unites the left and right in the United States today, it is that technology exercises a tyrannical control over our habits of mind. You don’t have to be religious to understand the discomfort—or allure—of spending a day a week without a cell phone. This is why a secular “tech sabbath” has gained cultural currency over the past decade. The Sabbath can promote physical as well as spiritual healing, Kirk says. It can interrupt the cycle of social media addiction.”
Social media addiction has become a genuine public health crisis in America, marked by rising anxiety, depression, attention deficits, and burnout across all age groups. Against this backdrop, MSN News is advancing the idea of a bipartisan proposal—embraced by both Democrats and Republicans (left and right)—for a structured national day of rest, a so-called “tech Sabbath,” as a remedy for digital overload.
Sunday rest is being proposed as the answer to endless scrolling, algorithm-driven burnout, and a 24/7 digital news cycle that has intensified political polarization and hostilities in American life. According to major media voices, a weekly day of rest is a rare point of agreement—appealing to conservatives concerned about moral order and family stability and to liberals focused on mental health and worker stress. In a deeply divided nation, Sunday rest has become a cure-all and a shared solution at a time when almost nothing else seems capable of uniting both political parties." AdventMessenger
