A startling reflection on this Feast of the Annunciation by Russell Saltzman: A meditation on St. Luke 1:26-38 and the Qur’an 19:16-21 . If your eyebrows go up at the title, as mine did, Pastor Saltzman explains: Besides, if Moslems and Christians are going to talk together . . . . Continue Reading »
He’s dropping the name of popular and Tea Party-friendly New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez for VP. I don’t know anything about her. But surely he doesn’t think he needs a “game changer.” And there’s probably no way someone with that little experience could be . . . . Continue Reading »
A suicidal man is suing Switzerland, claiming a positive right to assisted suicide. His claim is not only that assisted suicide should be legal, but that the state has a duty to ensure its provision for anyone capable of deciding who wants to die. That really would lead to the death on demand . . . . Continue Reading »
My use of the DOL family farm regulations to take a pot-shot at the Porchers below, has led to my learning about the REINS bill , thanks to our astute commenters Brian and CJ Wolfe. Standing for Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny, the REINS act: “ . . . would require Congress . . . . Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, What you read on firstthings.com makes a difference. Today we face an increasingly hostile intellectual culture, one that presumes that faith undermines reason, and that religion creates conflict and hostility in society. Our goal is to demonstrate how wrong this prejudice is. We . . . . Continue Reading »
So I’m in the campus hotel at LSU. There sure are a lot of good graduate students in political theory. They have diverse interests and clearly are being allowed to play to personal strengths they’ve chosen for themselves. In the spirit of the old joke we play both kinds of music here, . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter is right. Most songs by the Stones have double meanings about drugs. “Brown Sugar” not only references sugar and molasses, but also obviously refers to African women sold on the market as slaves—disgustingly sold as things, But the song even more refers to a brown version of . . . . Continue Reading »
If the AMA had stalwartly opposed Obamacare, the debacle could have been prevented. But it went with the government takeover of healthcare.Now, it is upset that sleeping with the devil leads to being burned. Thus, the AMA applauds the House of Representatives voting to repeal the very . . . . Continue Reading »
Mohammed Merah, the Muslim murderer, was cornered and killed yesterday in France. He had shocked France and the world with his ruthless killings at a Jewish school. Among the dead were Rabbi Jonathan Sandler, and his sons Gavriel and Aryah. This remarkable open letter was recently released by the . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter J. Leithart on Evangelicals and the Eucharist : I was recently asked to identify the biggest cultural challenge facing American Evangelicals. In my judgment, the biggest cultural challenge is not “out there” in “the culture” but internal–I almost said, . . . . Continue Reading »
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