The diplomatic establishment is all atwitter about Donald Trump’s alleged gaffes, such as taking phone calls from the president of Taiwan and from the president of the Philippines. Talking to the president of Taiwan is deeply offensive to China. The phone call is a violation
We blogged about that video showing happy Down Syndrome children that was banned by the French government on the grounds that it might “disturb the conscience” of women who have had abortions. (You can see the video at the link.) George Will, who has a
One reason that many Christians are rediscovering Advent is that Christmas has become so commercialized. Advent is a way to keep our concentration on what the Christmas season is supposed to be about, namely, the coming of Christ. But now Advent is also becoming commercialized!
Chip and Joanna Gaines are the hosts of “Fixer-Upper,” a popular home remodeling show on HGTV. They are openly devout Christians. And they are now under fire. A BuzzFeed article is accusing them of being anti-gay. This is because they belong to an evangelical congregation
We are back in the good old U.S. of A. after spending a month visiting our daughter and her family in Australia. We enjoyed our time down under very much. But it’s good to be back home. I can’t believe that I was able to
As we contemplate the prophecies of Christ for Advent, we should turn to perhaps the most remarkable of them all. In Psalm 22, we have a first person prophecy (not “he” but “I” and “my”), one which takes us into the consciousness of Christ on
The Oxford English Dictionary–that mammoth reference book that chronicles the history of every word in our language–has announced the word of the year for 2016: post-truth. Most commenters are relating the term to the lack of truth in today’s politics, particularly with candidates that the
Donald Trump not only beat the Democrats. Before that, he beat the Republicans. Dan Balz argues that Trump, in effect, is America’s first Independent president. He doesn’t mention it, but Bernie Sanders is an actual Independent, who ran in the Democratic primaries. So this was the
Peter Leithart gives a splendid reading of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 3, in which he is trying to persuade his “fair young friend” (contrary to the homosexual readings of the sonnets) to get married and have children. Leithart shows how Shakespeare and his age thought of what
Donald Trump is already fulfilling his campaign promise to keep jobs in America. The air-conditioning manufacturer Carrier will keep 1,000 jobs in Indiana, rather than moving them to Mexico as planned. Trump pulled this off with personal negotiation and promises of tax relief (as well
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