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It’s the oldest trick in the radical handbook: Provoke your political opponents to violence as a way to discredit them. Protesters associated with George Soros’s MoveOn.org have been showing up at Donald Trump rallies, taunting Trump supporters until some of them start throwing punches. Then
President Obama nominated Merrick Garland to take the late Antonin Scalia’s slot on the Supreme Court. Garland is a well-regarded Appeals Court judge, clearly well-qualified and with a reputation for moderation. Republicans in Congress are refusing to even consider him, insisting that any appointment should
In 2012, the First Liberty Institute documented over 600 overt cases in America of “legal, social, or cultural” attacks on religion and infringements of religious liberty. This year’s report has 1,285. This doesn’t count, of course, the climate of hostility to religion in certain social groups. Jesus
Happy belated Ides of March! On March 15, 44 B.C., Julius Caesar failed to beware the Ides of March and was assassinated by members of the Roman Senate. The charismatic, forceful, willful general had been given dictatorial power in the Roman republic by voters sick
Donald Trump took Florida, Illinois, and North Carolina. John Kasich won his home state of Ohio. But since Marco Rubio couldn’t even take his home state of Florida, he has quit the race. Ted Cruz and Trump were in a virtual tie in Missouri. On the
As I’ve explained with my first trip to Scandinavia, Christianity in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland has two tracks: the state churches (which are confessionally Lutheran, have a liberal hierarchy, but many conservative pastors) and the Mission organizations (which carry out evangelism, conduct Bible studies,
A poll of first and second-time voters, age 18 to 26, has found that two-thirds prefer socialism or even communism to capitalism. A majority believe that America is no better than any other country. And only 15% favor Republicans. This may spell doom for Republicans
We had “Super Tuesday.” They are calling today “Mega Tuesday.” Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, and Missouri will be voting for the Republican and Democratic candidates. This is a big haul. And Florida and Ohio are winner-take-all states. If Marco Rubio cannot win his own
As we’ve blogged about, large numbers of Muslim refugees are converting to Christianity. (Read Uwe Siemon-Netto’s compelling article on the phenomenon.) I knew this was happening in Germany and in France, though it is not happening everywhere. But it is also happening in Denmark, as I
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