Over the past twenty or so years, publishers have turned out a steady stream of Christian worldview books, which together have altered the conversation over the relationship between faith and cultural activities in God’s world. Most of these have sought to reshape a “Christian . . . . Continue Reading »
As September 11 passed, I found myself thinking about the Ground Zero mosque, and the bizarre on-again, off-again story of planned Koran burning in Florida. Why, I found myself wondering, have these stories come to the fore? I’m more and more convinced that these strange episodes—as well . . . . Continue Reading »
It was a tradition I was rather fond of: Once a year or so, like the turning of the leaves, my friend Christopher Hitchens would take aim at something I’d written. His most recent , just pointed out to me by an acquaintance on Facebook, is in the journal Free Inquiry . Appearing under the . . . . Continue Reading »
Each day I use Google Reader to sift through roughly a thousand posts on a couple of hundred blogs (310 to be exact) in order to find material for daily blog posts and the 33 Things feature. Still, it’s not nearly enough to find the content I need. There are at least a few hundred more worthy . . . . Continue Reading »
First, Virginia’s lawsuit brought against Obamacare’s mandatory insurance purchase provision was allowed to proceed to trial. Now, a dfferent judge has indicated that parts of a seperate lawsuit brought against the Federal Government by 20 states about the same provision will . . . . Continue Reading »
“All current versions of Christianity can be very conditionally divided into two major groups – traditional and liberal,” said Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the chairman of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Department for External Church Relations, speaking to a group of . . . . Continue Reading »
Can anyone explain what Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is trying to say ? Last week we saw a Florida Pastor – with 30 members in his church – threaten to burn Korans which lead to riots and killings in Afghanistan. We also saw Democrats and Republicans alike assume that Pastor Jones . . . . Continue Reading »
In yesterday’s On The Square, El Jefe offers an admittedly ambivalent musing on the disappearance of a once-unified culture, captured by the once-popular, What’s My Line? Dorothy Kilgallen was a perennial presence on that show’s panel and since I “murdered” her in a TV . . . . Continue Reading »
It is very clear that the Obama Administration knows its approach to health care is unpopular. Thus, the short term Medicare head, Donald Berwick—who Obama gave a recess appointment to so he wouldn’t have to testify in a Senate Committee about his rationing views—pretended . . . . Continue Reading »
Edmund Adamus, director of Pastoral Affairs for the archdiocese of Westminster, recently “did not reflect the archbishop’s opinions.” Fair enough. Let’s let Mr. Adamus speak for himself. In an interview with Zenit on the importance of Christian marriage , Adamus lamented the . . . . Continue Reading »
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