The always provocative and often misguided Jacques Berlinerblau thinks that Sarah Palin’s approach to public service is profoundly mistaken. He takes as his point of departure this statement: “When we serve, we devote ourselves to God, family and country .” Here are . . . . Continue Reading »
Five Truths About Climate Change Wall Street Journal , Robert Bryce What Biblical Womanhood Is Not Evangel , Sarah Flashing Human Cloning Research Breakthrough Is Unethical Secondhand Smoke , Wesley J. Smith Activists Push Partner Benefits for Military Gays Washington Times , Rowan Scarborough . . . . Continue Reading »
1. The the modern nation, at its best, is based on the realistic observations that each of us is a citizen, but more than a citizen. The so-called theological-political problem only exists when we politicize theology or deny the relative but quite real autonomy of political life. We learn from . . . . Continue Reading »
This unfriendly article isn’t completely right. Nonetheless, it is right enough on the observation that the TEA PARTY conservatives have abandoned Rick for reasons that couldn’t be remedied by better debating. So his Texas baggage alienated him, ironically, from both the moderates and . . . . Continue Reading »
Forget all the fuss about the government establishing “death panels.” The feds already have one —it’s just not about healthcare: American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior government officials, which then . . . . Continue Reading »
This must end. “Experts” are advising bureaucrats to continue seizing control of the entire American health care system. Now, the Feds are preparing to centrally dictate coverage terms for private policies across the nation. From the AP story:The federal government is taking . . . . Continue Reading »
It seems that some commentators can barely contain their excitement at the prospect of the Occupy Wall Street protests becoming a counterpart to the Tea Party, or an ‘American Fall’ riposte to the ‘Arab Spring’. On paper, it seems like they’ve picked a winner. And in . . . . Continue Reading »
Sick people have been used by recreational marijuana advocates. First, they hid behind medical marijuana movement, using images of suffering people to gain a toehold in their pursuit of the outright legalization of cannabis. (California voters recently refused to go along.) Then, they . . . . Continue Reading »
Brian Dijkema, researcher at the Canadian think tank Cardus, answers this question in the context of a proposed religious freedom office at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa: Freedom of Religion includes the Freedom to . . . . Continue Reading »
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