I think the most encouraging point in there is actually the media one: the author ends with the observation that media is NOT leading the way, but catching up to what we-as-a-society see/believe.
It’s also interesting to see the surge of popularity in comic-book movies; I think this has more to do with the average citizen WANTING strong people to stand for Truth, Justice, and... The American Way.
I’ve noticed that young people are very pro life as well. That’s a very encouraging trend.
Ping
Gosh. Posts like this make me want to join the FR blog-haters club. Not only did you excerpt to get us to go to the site, but when you go there they pull a Horowitz and make you click through multiple pages to read a story that they could just as easily have posted on the first page. There can be only one reason for that, which is to get multiple clicks so they can pull in ad revenue.
Oh well, from what I can read here I can tell that the writer doesn’t have much of a clue whether we’re actually “winning” or “losing,” or why.
bttt
The article is about the best written I have seen on the cultural evolution of the subject. It is not smug or triumphal. It presents the developments calmly and makes no accusations.