To retaliate against conservative organizations that thwarted efforts to recall Gov. Scott Walker for his anti-union policies, Democratic prosecutors launched a series of legal investigations against them, complete with police-state-style pre-dawn raids. A federal judge has ruled against these actions, and now those targeted
The pope’s right-hand man has essentially declared that free market economics is incompatible with Catholicism. Speaking at a conference entitled “Erroneous Autonomy: The Catholic Case against Libertarianism,” Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga, drawing on statements from Pope Francis, said that the free market economy “kills” and oppresses
The left usually complains about the influence of big corporations in government and public policy, but the most dramatic example of that is out in the open and garnering little but praise. That would be Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates, who is directly responsible for the
From my interview with Mathew Block, in which we discuss “imaginative apologetics.” (more…)
For the Jews in Jesus’ time and today, Pentecost was a celebration of Moses receiving the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai, which was thought to have happened 50 days after Passover. So for centuries, it was a holiday that celebrated the Law. But then, on
Once D-Day was underway, 70 years ago, President Roosevelt got on the radio and asked the American public to join him in this prayer:. Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our
Something I picked up in church: The “upper room” that was the setting for the Last Supper (Luke 22:7-12) was also very likely the same “upper room” in which the Disciples met to replace Judas (Acts 1:13). That means it was also the place where
Today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day, when allied troops landed at Normandy on the French coast, the beginning of the end of World War II. I remember a number of years ago visiting Normandy and looking down at Omaha beach from the remains of
The POW release was orchestrated to be a feel-good moment . But now the Obama administration is dealing with a major scandal. Not just because 5 dangerous terrorist leaders were released from Gitmo. Not just because the president broke the law in not informing Congress.
In the interview with Mathew Block, we got into the role of the imagination in apologetics, which I discuss at length in my upcoming book with Matthew Ristuccia. Here I discuss how many people’s difficulties with the Christian faith have to do with the way
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