Yesterday we contemplated a quotation from the 19th century French observer of America Alexis de Tocqueville on how democracies can self-destruct. Michael Ledeen, author of Tocqueville on American Character gives us some more quotations on how democracies can fritter away their liberty. Read the essay.
Today is the commemoration of Martin Luther, Doctor and Reformer, who died on February 18, 1546. You don’t have to be a Lutheran to appreciate Luther. In addition to his theological impact (reforming the church in ways even today’s Catholics are acknowledging was needed; translating
Legal unions for homosexual couples won’t have any impact on traditional marriage, or so the argument goes. But consider what is happening in France, which has had “civil unions” for a decade. From Straight Couples in France Are Choosing Civil Unions Meant for Gays –
William over at the Liberal Morality blog linked to us here (so thanks for that), whereupon I found his post of a remarkable quotation from Alexis de Toqueville: I am trying to imagine what new features despotism might have in today’s world: I see an
John Maynard Keynes, the New Deal era economist whose theories that the government can and should control the economy are back in vogue, said that to combat an economic slowdown, the government should put more money into the system. Even, he said, if that meant
Amazon will no longer sell a computer game called Rapelay: In Rapelay, gamers direct a character to sexually assault a mother and her two young daughters at an underground station, before raping any of a selection female characters. . . . Rapelay was developed by
But what’s encouraging is that the Anglicans are likely to affirm the goal of converting non-Christians. From Church to debate conversion rules: The General Synod of the Church of England is to discuss a motion calling on it to recognise explicitly its aim of converting
Congress has passed the stimulus package. The Washington Post notes that it is much larger than Roosevelt’s attempt to pull us out of the Depression: The New Deal of the 1930s equaled no more than 2 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product. The new
It was good to have our pastor back. Pastor Douthwaite has been in Kenya for the last three weeks teaching at a seminary over there. Our Scripture texts were about the healing of lepers. Pastor Douthwaite developed the parallels between leprosy and sin. Leprosy is
On this Presidents Day, I want to wish you and your whole family a joyous holiday filled with the true meaning of what this day represents. In the spirit of the day, cast off your cares and celebrate by going out and. . .buying sheets?
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