The Obama administration has engineered, with other nations, an agreement with Iran that would ease economic sanctions against that country in return for certain restrictions on its nuclear weapons program–for six months. Israel and Sunni Muslim nations disapprove. So does Charles Krauthammer, whose critique can
Here is a great video about my daughter Mary Moerbe’s book on vocation for kids! (A link for ordering it after the jump.) (more…)
Pastors and other church workers have long been able to take part of their compensation as an untaxed housing allowance, resulting in substantial tax savings. But a federal court has ruled in a suit brought by the Freedom from Religion Foundation that the tax break
Senate Democrats employed the so-called “nuclear option,” changing Senate rules so as to eliminate the possibility of a filibuster for presidential appointments (not including Supreme Court justices–nor does it apply to regular legislation, which may still be filibustered). The threat of a filibuster–that is, unlimited
The 50th anniversary of the first episode of Doctor Who, BBC’s quirky Science Fiction series whose main character can regenerate with new actors, was celebrated with a special episode simulcast around the world, which came on here in the colonies at 2:50 ET. The episode
Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of C. S. Lewis, John F. Kennedy, and Aldous Huxley. The curious conjunction of the death of these three individuals (a Christian apologist, an American president, and a speculative novelist), with their different cultural contributions and different
One of the unsettling details in the Chronicles of Narnia is that Susan, one of the original four children who stumble into the wardrobe, does not go into Aslan’s country at the conclusion of the series. She is apparently an apostate, who came to prefer
Aldous Huxley, who died on this date 50 years ago along with C. S. Lewis and John F. Kennedy, was the author of Brave New World. The other great dystopian novel 1984 by George Orwell offers many lessons about totalitarianism and state tyranny. But the
The Chaplain of the U. S. House of Representatives, Father Daniel Coughlin, says that President John F. Kennedy taught him how to pray and speak of faith in the public arena. See President Kennedy’s Gift of Language and the Art of Prayer. The man, for
Another in our series of posts about what it’s like to live without the freedoms that we Americans often take for granted (see also this and this.): A story on why Germans are so upset about NSA eavesdropping gives some chilling details about what life
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