2017-01-31T21:44:04-05:00

The British Medical Association has issued guidelines saying that to avoid offending the transgendered,  health workers should not refer to “pregnant women.”  Rather, say, “pregnant people.” After all, a biological female–no, that wording is forbidden too; we must say “assigned female”–who identifies as a man

2017-01-31T08:49:00-05:00

C. S. Lewis, one of the foremost Christian apologists, had been for 15 years a convinced and rather militant atheist.  My friend and former colleague Joel Heck has written a splendid study of Lewis’s atheism, published by Concordia Publishing House:   From Atheism to Christianity:  The Story

2017-01-30T21:03:38-05:00

The great Athenian historian Thucydides said that there are three causes of war:  (1) honor  (2) fear  (3)  national interest. Jonah Goldberg discusses those factors and cites modern historian Donald Kagan, who says that honor comes first as the reason why a nation goes to war.

2017-01-30T21:35:59-05:00

President Trump’s executive order blocking entry into the United States of citizens of seven nations has created chaos at airports around the world, as Iraqis with green cards, visas, and airplane tickets were suddenly not allowed to get on flights or to go through passport

2017-01-29T20:22:20-05:00

When it comes to immigration issues, there is the obligation of the State to enforce the law.  But, for the Church, there is also the obligation to minister to those in need.  Now that President Trump is cracking down on immigration–rightly so, many of us would

2017-01-29T20:23:08-05:00

Defenders of Planned Parenthood say that the organization does more than perform abortions.  It also provides a whole array of women’s health services, such as pre-natal care.   Well, no it doesn’t. LiveAction called or visited 97 Planned Parenthood clinics, with a woman asking for

2017-01-29T20:23:58-05:00

Scientists have combined the cells of a pig with the cells of a human, resulting in an embryo that has been implanted into a sow. From Human-pig HYBRID? Scientists hoping to create part man, part pig organs | Science | News | Daily Express: Scientists from the

2017-01-26T20:51:22-05:00

The old culture war was about morality and was informed by religion.  The new culture war, signaled by the election of Donald Trump, is about nationalism vs. multiculturalism and “the people” vs. the elites.  Trump has little interest in the old culture wars, with the important

2017-01-26T13:28:17-05:00

Today is the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., where thousands of pro-lifers will commemorate the Roe v. Wade decision on January 22, 1973, by demonstrating against abortion and for the sanctity of life. We’ll see if this mass demonstration gets as much media coverage

2017-01-26T11:20:44-05:00

The media is aghast that President Trump is requiring approval for website posts, clamping down on the use of social media,  freezing grants, and forbidding federal agencies from issuing news releases.  Censorship!  Information control!  Orwellian thought police! Well, it turns out, as even the New

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