World Magazine has a profile of architect David Greusel, who specializes in designing baseball stadiums. In addition to a fascinating discussion of ball parks, focusing on the one hailed as the best in baseball–Pittsburgh’s PNC Park, which Greusel designed–the article by Janie Cheaney highlights the architect’s Christian faith and his sense of vocation. This excerpt has wide-ranging implications: Integrating work with family and faith shouldn’t be controversial, but over the years Greusel has found himself running counter not only to… Read more
And the ruling on the health care law is…
June 28, 2012 By todd
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Today, the Supreme Court will announce its decision on the 2010 health care bill. According to the official schedule, the ruling won’t have occurred by the time this post goes live — and it certainly hasn’t happened as I actually write this post on Wednesday night — so I don’t have a lot to say about the decision right now. But presumably you all will, as events unfold. If you’re reading this before the decision has been announced, you can… Read more
The right to lie about your accomplishments?
June 28, 2012 By todd
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Though easily overlooked in all the discussion about the health care decision, the Supreme Court is announcing its decision in other cases today, as well. Perhaps most interesting is United States v. Alvarez, in which the issue is (as summarized by SCOTUSblog): Whether a federal law that makes it a crime to lie about receiving military medals or honors violates the First Amendment’s guarantee of the right to free speech. I assume we all agree that it is morally wrong for… Read more
Arizona v. United States
June 26, 2012 By todd
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From The Washington Post: The Supreme Court on Monday struck down several key parts of Arizona’s tough law on illegal immigrants, but it left standing a controversial provision requiring police to check the immigration status of people they detain and suspect to be in the country illegally. SCOTUSblog provides an explanation “in plain English”: The decision was largely (but not entirely) a victory for the federal government: the Court held that three of the four provisions of the law at issue… Read more
Into the wilderness
June 26, 2012 By Gene Veith
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Today we head out for a little cabin in the big woods. We will have no internet connection, no cell phone reception, no cable television, and no newspapers. If we survive, we will crawl out of the wilderness like Rip Van Winkle, if Rip Van Winkle only slept for five days. Still, we have been looking forward to this for a long time. That does mean that I won’t be doing any blogging for the rest of the week. If… Read more
Happy Augsburg Confession Day!
June 25, 2012 By Gene Veith
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On this day 482 years ago–June 25, 1530–the Reformation princes and free cities confessed their faith before Emperor Charles V at the Diet (the governing assembly of the Imperial states) held in Augsburg, Germany. The 28 articles drawn up by Philipp Melanchthon (not Luther!) became known as the Augsburg Confession. It was the first confession of faith of the Reformation and, to this day, it is perhaps the most succinct and definitive summaries of Lutheran theology. Part of its genius… Read more
Matthew Harrison’s open letter
June 25, 2012 By Gene Veith
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Matthew Harrison, president of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, has issued an open letter from religious leaders to Americans, stating why they object to the Obamacare insurance mandate requiring coverage of contraceptives and abortifacients. It’s getting some notable attention. FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION: Putting Beliefs into Practice An Open Letter from Religious Leaders in the United States to All Americans Dear Friends, Religious institutions are established because of religious beliefs and convictions. Such institutions include not only churches, synagogues, mosques,… Read more
Commentary on Harrison’s “Open Letter”
June 25, 2012 By Gene Veith
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Julia Polese of the Institute for Religion and Democracy on LCMS President Matthew Harrison’s open letter on the Obamacare insurance mandate. (I draw your attention to what pro-infanticide ethicist Peter Singer has to say on the topic.) The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS) recently released a statement on religious freedom expressing solidarity with the Roman Catholic Church in their fight against the HHS mandate requiring religious institutions to provide contraception to employees. In a video statement on the Synod’s… Read more
Presidential lawlessness
June 25, 2012 By Gene Veith
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Charles Krauthhammer on how President Obama is acting lawlessly, doing something that he himself earlier said would be unconstitutional: In late 2010, he asked Congress to pass the Dream Act, which offered a path to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants. Congress refused. When subsequently pressed by Hispanic groups to simply implement the law by executive action, Obama explained that it would be illegal. “Now, I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the… Read more
Romney’s Vice-Presidential pick?
June 22, 2012 By Gene Veith
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If we are going to do our traditional “guess the vice-president” game, we’d better hurry, since, reportedly, Mitt Romney will announce his choice before the Republican convention. It seems to me that the conventional wisdom that the vice president doesn’t matter is wrong on several levels. The person who holds that office has assumed the presidency quite often, not just when the president dies in office but as the heir apparent as the next party nominee. In light of that,… Read more
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