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Eve Tushnet wonders why marriage is the only area of contemporary politics in which tradition is used explicitly as a justification: Two things have happened to contemporary marriage which all but compel traditionalist rhetoric in a non-traditionalist culture. First, one of marriage’s core . . . . Continue Reading »

1. Would Your Manners Cut It in the Victorian Era? So, you love the Brontës and can’t resist a good 19th-century costume drama. But do you have the manners to survive in the Victorian era? Now you can find out, in a delightful video game from the McCord Museum in Montreal, which sends you . . . . Continue Reading »

Mike Huckabee recently criticized two Protestant churches that allowed Muslims to worship in their facilities by saying that Islam “is the antithesis of the gospel of Christ.” Naturally, the mainstream media thought that was an outrageous remark. My Eastern Orthodox friend John Mark . . . . Continue Reading »

The largest trade union in the country is composed of  government workers. George Will explains what happens when the government is both the “employer” and the “worker” : Such unions are government organized as an interest group to lobby itself to do what it always . . . . Continue Reading »

The Aghan Christian convert I mentioned early this week has been released from prison : International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Said Musa, an Afghan Christian who was arrested in May and threatened with execution for his conversion to Christianity, was released from prison last week . . . . Continue Reading »

Glenn Beck recently sat down with Rev. Billy Graham for a three hour meeting. The differences in worldviews  can be summed up in this one line : “I spoke of a growing darkness and evil,” Beck said of his meeting with Graham. “He spoke of a greater growth of light.” So . . . . Continue Reading »

Last November I pointed out that a significant faction of the Tea Party is a subset of the religious right and that, despite the perception of the movement being comprised of economically-oriented libertarians, the majority held social conservative views. Although the evidence for these assertions . . . . Continue Reading »

Legal scholar Orin Kerr notes that Obama’s decision to not defend DOMA may lead to unintended consequences : If the Obama Administration  won’t defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act , what are the chances that a future Republican administration would defend the . . . . Continue Reading »

James Poulos (founding editor of First Things’ Postmodern Conservative blog) recently interviewed our own Matthew Anderson about his new book Earthen Vessels. They discuss how evangelical Christians relate to their bodies and whether the Evangelical tradition is failing to give young people a . . . . Continue Reading »

When I learned about Marbury v. Madison in high school civics class I was taught that it allowed the Supreme Court to determine whether a law is “unconstitutional.” Apparently, my understanding is confused because former Constitutional law professor Barack Obama seems to think the White . . . . Continue Reading »