William Doino Jr. on the Christian Witness of Roberto Clemente : Watching Roberto Clemente play baseball was to have seen the game at its best, but to have known him as a man, and appreciate him as a leader, was even better. Forty years after his death, in a tragic plane crash on New Year’s . . . . Continue Reading »
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has announced that it will issue a ruling tomorrow in Eweida and Others v. United Kingdom . As I wrote back in September , when the cases were argued before the Court, the cases could have a significant impact on religious freedom in Europe: The . . . . Continue Reading »
Addie Darling of the Catholic News Agency reports : The organization recently released its 2011-2012 annual report, which showed a rise in the number of abortions performed for the first time in two decades, as well as a record amount of government funding. The report indicated that Planned . . . . Continue Reading »
You’d never believe how much time I spend with my college freshmen, unteaching them what they’ve been taught in high school. For instance, they tell me that you should never use the pronoun you in an indefinite sense, meaning someone or one. If you do, you’re . . . . Continue Reading »
So only have a moment this morning to comment on last night’s TV. Hannah on Girls has CHANGED, although it remains to be seen whether it’s change we can believe in. She’s no longer the victim ready to have sex with anyone who’s ready to exploit her. She thinks of herself as . . . . Continue Reading »
Against Happiness Emily Esfahani Smith, The Atlantic Is Christianity Philosophical? David Lyle Jeffrey, Comment In What Part of Sin Is Sinfulness Located? Adam Kirsch, Tablet Can Realism Be a Comprehensive Theory of Foreign Policy? Peter Lawler, Library of Law and Liberty Whispers of Faith in a . . . . Continue Reading »
Scott Rasmussen writes that Republican Washington leaders are trying to find ways to prevent primary challenges - and especially the kinds of primary challenges where the insurgent winner blows winnable Senate races. Several thoughts: 1. Sometimes insurgent primary challenger are a really good . . . . Continue Reading »
An update on an earlier post about an English appellate court decision on the right of Christian employees to decline to work on Sundays. The decision was released to the public last week, and it turns out that initial press reports were a bit misleading. The case involved . . . . Continue Reading »
By me at the amazing LAW AND LIBERTY site. If you click, you find out the REAL NAME of djf. . . . . Continue Reading »
There’s a new Bible translation that drives me nuts: “And he sent his servants to them, to gather the produce of the land.” How did that boring business-word get in there? The Greek was karpous, fruits, literally things you pluck off a tree. The . . . . Continue Reading »
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