Google Inc. has just introduced a new suite of applications, Google for Nonprofits. The suite will include significant discounts and advantages for a wide range of Google products, from grants for advertising on AdWords to free licenses for Google Earth Pro. However, the corporate giant has also . . . . Continue Reading »
A new poll finds that only 53% of Canadians believe in God. Out of that number, 28% identified as Protestants and 33% as Catholics. Of those who attend weekly religious services, 23% do not think that God exists. So why do they bother going to church at all? Apparently, for purely pragmatic . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s On the Square feature, Andrew Haines praises Sir Thomas More as a champion of free speech : The great English statesman, Sir Thomas More, is often and justly revered as the patron of conscience rights. Despite a lifetime of faithful and diligent service to King Henry VIII, . . . . Continue Reading »
Governor Perry’s executive order requiring all girls (I think at age 12) to receive the HPV vaccine—with a parental opt out—has become a legitimate political issue in the Republican primary, and I think, nationally. Representative Bachmann charged Perry with “crony . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . the innovative theology of Pat Robertson. . . . . Continue Reading »
What if told you that between 90-100% of Americans are living in “healthcare poverty.” You would probably object and say that while the country certainly has a healthcare crisis, my numbers are surely inflated. After all, most people in the U.S. have access to healthcare. Now consider . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve started a Twitter account, from which I’ll be offering links and updates on matters of interest to First Things readers. You can follow me at @matthewschmitz . Of course, there are other members of the First Things family on Twitter. You would do well to follow Alan Jacobs . . . . Continue Reading »
Global Warming, Evolution, and Presidential Politics: The Long Shadow of Galileo Public Discourse , William Carroll On Graceful Writing Evangel , Gene Fant The U.K.’s Conservative Government Defends Abortion Time , Jay Newton-Small SAT Scores Fall As Most Test Takers Miss College Benchmark . . . . Continue Reading »
Until the New Yorker identified him as the intellectual force behind the coming Christian theocracy, few people outside of evangelicalism had heard of the late Francis Schaeffer. Owen Strachen explains why, twenty-seven years after his death, the “missionary to the intellectuals” is . . . . Continue Reading »
The United States Declaration of Independence states that it is a “self evident truth” that we all have an “inalienable right” to “the pursuit of happiness,” the key word, being “pursuit.” Our founding document doesn’t decide what that . . . . Continue Reading »
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