The Roots of Obama Worship: America’s Theological Political Problem
by James CeaserI published this one in the Weekly Standard under the title of “The Roots of Obama Worship: Auguste Comte’s Religion of Humanity finds a 21st- century savior” Barack Obama has now been center stage for two years—one as a presidential candidate (and president elect) and one as . . . . Continue Reading »
Random Thoughts on Virginia and Education
by Peter Lawler1. Thanks to Ivan the K and the various threaders (including jwc) for their astute comments on Mr. Jefferson’s university. 2. One of Mr. Jefferson’s strongest stands was against any Calvinists teaching there. According to Tocqueville, that stand is typically Virginian. DEMOCRACY IN . . . . Continue Reading »
Academic freedom and the faith-based university
by David T. KoyzisAre faith-based universities intrinsically incompatible with the hallowed principle of academic freedom? The Canadian Association of University Teachers thinks so: CAUT versus Trinity Western. Against the homogenizing efforts of the CAUT, Regent College’s John Stackhouse commendably defends . . . . Continue Reading »
A Marxist Dominionist Televangelist
by Collin BrendemuehlGlenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh each do a fine job at exposing the agenda and methodology of Saul Alinsky and his Communist agenda as it is being implemented from our nation’s White House. But there is something in Alinsky (Rules for Radicals) that I find intriguing. Yes, something . . . . Continue Reading »
Devout Catholics Not Welcome in Emergency Rooms?
by Wesley J. SmithWhen I get around to writing about the top ten controversies in bioethics that I see coming in this decade, near the top will be the struggle to enact conscience clauses to protect the careers of physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals who still take the Hippocratic Oath and its . . . . Continue Reading »
I Was Watching a Commercial and a Football Game Broke Out
by Joe CarterFootball fans like me (How ‘bout them Cowboys?) like to think the sport is more action-packed than more boring games, like golf or soccer. But research shows that minute-for-minute a Beckett play has more action than an NFL game : According to a Wall Street Journal study of four recent . . . . Continue Reading »
More on Earthquakes Caused by Global Warming Nonsense
by Wesley J. SmithOne of the primary benefits I hope SHS provides is a real time history of the issues and controversies we discuss here. The Danny Glover foot in mouth nonsense about the earth reacting to the failure of Copenhagen brought two such stories to mind from our archives. First, trying to stop . . . . Continue Reading »
Fatal Distraction
by James PoulosMy take on race, Reid, and the politics of meaning is up now at the Guardian . Snip: In a panic over the chance to unseat Senator Reid, the GOP is in danger of making permanent our misbegotten descent into the crackpot belief that racial symbolism is more real than our actual race relations. . . . . Continue Reading »
A Way to Avoid Verbal Confusion
by John Mark ReynoldsIf this pastor says “Allah” everyone knows he is a . . . . Continue Reading »
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