In browsing through Uwe Siemon-Netto’s blog, I came across his review of a new biography of Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Nazi S.S.: “There’s no doubt about Himmler’s anticommunism and anti-Semitism; he wiped out both groups mercilessly,” writes historian Peter Longerich, “but basically he
President Obama is courting Muslims during his middle eastern trip, including a major speech today in Egypt. He is emphasizing his middle name, “Hussein” (something that was deeply offensive during the campaign when Republicans did it), hailing his Muslim father (who was labeled an agnostic
Mitt Romney, the conservative hope for many Republicans, wants to go even further down the socialist path than President Obama, it sounds like. It’s just that he is being a populist rather than a statist. From Romney balks at government ownership of GM: The Obama
Pravda used to be the propaganda rag of Soviet Communism. Today it apparently plays a similar role in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, now advocating Russian nationalism rather than Marxist-Leninism. But it’s still weird to read a column in Pravda excoriating the United States for embracing Marxism.
Yesterday a discussion broke out in the comments about whether or not the murderer of abortionist George Tiller is equivalent to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who conspired to kill Hitler. It so happens that I had just seen the movie “Valkyrie” about a different plot to kill
One Eternal Day quotes from The New Humanist, “the magazine for free thinkers,” interviewing John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, who wrote God Is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World: Modernity doesn’t usher in secularisation, it actively promotes religious pluralism. They
The federal government will soon be assuming ownership of both GM and Chrysler, leaving only Ford as the major American auto manufacturer in private hands. The question now is, how will the government run its companies? To make a profit, or to fulfill government policies?
Cyberbrethren posts a column by Lutheran journalist Uwe Siemon-Netto: The murder of abortionist Dr. George Tiller was a blow to American society in general, and to the pro-life movement in particular, for the following reasons: This crime turned one of the worst perpetrators of mass
Surely that is a contradiction in terms! The partial-birth abortionist Dr. George R. Tiller was murdered in Wichita as he handed out bulletins at the Sunday service at Reformation Lutheran Church. (That is an ELCA congregation. He was excommunicated from his original LCMS congregation.) So
Yesterday was Pentecost, celebrating the gift of the Holy Spirit and, in effect, the birthday of the Church. Our pastor preached an outstanding sermon on what a Spirit-filled life actually is. We will be in the Pentecost season for quite a while, so it’s good
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