Are you kidding me? China murders its condemned and religious prisoners—as in Falun Gong—for their organs, which are then sold for tens of thousands of dollars to rich line jumpers from the West. You can get a liver in a month in China—for the right price. It is an insidious and . . . . Continue Reading »
The big question on the Christian blogosphere has been whether it was appropriate for Americans—Christian Americans, specifically—to celebrate Osama bin Laden’s death.In one sense it’s moot. The celebrations two nights ago were spontaneous and immediate outpourings of deeply . . . . Continue Reading »
My 8-year-old son saw the news reports about Osama bin Laden’s death buzzing Monday on our TV. He took particular note of scenes of cheering crowds: flag-wavers in Times Square and at Ground Zero in New York City, baseball fans in Philadelphia, patriots in Boston, enthusiastic students on . . . . Continue Reading »
In an interview about their new book , American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us , sociologists Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell about one of the main findings that surprised them: Campbell: We were surprised at the evidence we found both in our data and in other data, like the . . . . Continue Reading »
The hypocrisy of many of the most famous proponents of GWH has helped destroy the credibility of global warming generally. Al Gore’s many houses and notorious uses of private jets, Barbra Streisand, you get the picture. They talk the talk, but hardly walk the walk.Proponents of . . . . Continue Reading »
Last Friday Meghan Duke wrote about Kate, Prince William, and cohabitation before marriage . Meghan noted that cohabitation isn’t really practice for marriage. That’s certainly true, but she failed to address one of the advantages of cohabitation: “milk testing.” According to . . . . Continue Reading »
My son, now 15, aspires to be a Navy SEAL. I have little doubt that, when the time comes (barring unforeseen circumstances), he will be able to meet the physical requirements of SEAL training. The mental and emotional side of it remains to be seen, though these words are . . . . Continue Reading »
David Weiss on rediscovering his faith amid the ravages of mental illness : I have a group of three friends. We call ourselves the “bipolar buddies.” We all went to the same church, and we were the nerds, the kids with straight As and college scholarships. With a 3.8 GPA, I was the . . . . Continue Reading »
A good friend of mine was a good friend of the late, great philosopher, Eric Hoffer. Hoffer is best known for his scathing criticisms of totalitarian ideologies, particularly the book True Believer.I am currently nudging in my noodle that radical enviromentalism and related ideologies are . . . . Continue Reading »
After the royal wedding, television footage caught a church caretaker cartwheeling down the aisle where William and Kate wed. But Westminster Abbey is reportedly displeased that the footage was made public. Britain’s Sunday Mail reported that the caretaker was feeling “fairly . . . . Continue Reading »
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