From George Will: “Every republic,” writes Charles Kesler, professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, “eventually faces what might be called the Weimar problem.” It arrives when a nation’s civic culture has become so debased that the nation no longer has “the virtues necessary to
So far “transgender” has involved men identifying themselves as women, and vice versa. But now another option has been legally recognized, changing your sex to “non-binary.” This is being described as neither one nor the other, “a third sex.” Perhaps this is the utopian ideal that
As other Republicans keep equivocating, Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse is the only Republican in the Senate to consistently oppose Donald Trump. And he is paying a price for it. But Sasse, a Lutheran, is standing firm. An interesting profile after the jump. (more…)
The state of California has classified abortion as a “basic health service,” which means that under Obamacare, all insurance policies, including those of churches, must pay for abortions. Churches have applied to the Obama administration for relief, but they were denied. The issue is now before the
Paul Ryan says that if a President Trump were to do something illegal, such as ban immigrants on the basis of their religion, he, as Speaker of the House, would sue him. Ryan seems to be floating the possibility that a President Trump might not
Global stock markets and currency exchanges are in turmoil after Great Britain voted to leave the European Union, making it look like the decision is an economic disaster. But Stephen Meyer argues quite the contrary, that Brexit will bring substantial economic advantages. For example, the
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Some states have imposed regulations on abortion clinics–such as requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges at local hospitals and making the clinics meet the standards for outpatient surgery–that have been shutting them down, grisly hell-holes that they are. But now the Supreme Court has overturned
The Obama administration does not like it that individuals can own firearms. And yet, federal bureaucracies are arming themselves at an unprecedented rate. Agencies that have nothing to do with national defense or crime-fighting–such as the IRS, the EPA, and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service–are
The Atlantic has published a piece of investigative journalism on the source of the manuscript fragment that has Jesus referring to “my wife.” Though heralded by Harvard professor Karen King, other scholars have argued from internal evidence that the fragment is a forgery. This article pretty much finishes
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