Each week, The World and Everything in It features a “Culture Friday” segment, in which Executive Producer Nick Eicher discusses the latest cultural news with John Stonestreet, president of the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. Here is a summary of this week’s conversation.

For the past 2¼ years, whenever my wife and I traveled, we made our house available for short-term rentals through Airbnb. We rented out the house to men and women of many races, religions, national origins, ethnicities, and ages. We made money; Airbnb made money; the city of Austin and the state of Texas made money (15 percent of our gross revenue).

President Barack Obama will be history next week, but that’s not stopping him from throwing a Hail Mary pass to push through his transgender agenda before he leaves office.

Each week, The World and Everything in It features a “Culture Friday” segment, in which Executive Producer Nick Eicher discusses the latest cultural news with John Stonestreet, president of the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. Here is a summary of this week’s conversation.

UPDATE: The North Carolina state Senate ended a special legislative session called by Gov. Pat McCrory Wednesday night by voting down legislation that would repeal HB2 32-16.

Prior to the vote on Senate Bill 4, Republican Sen. Phil Berger moved to have separate votes on a straight repeal and a proposed “cooling off” period that would have delayed any further local public accommodation laws until the state General Assembly could work out a long-term solution, but Democrats would not agree.

When little kids play soccer, just about all of them—whether they’re defenders or even goaltenders, and no matter where they are on the field—run toward the ball. (A few occasionally stay on their sidelines with their security blankets and favorite thumbs.) Some adult football players on kickoff teams also have trouble staying in their lanes, and that’s when speedy kick returners have a shot at 100-yard touchdowns.

After months of angry debate over North Carolina’s restroom law, state lawmakers now plan to repeal it.