Senator Lindsey Graham has dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. He ran on the principle that we need a strong foreign policy, including the use of military force against ISIS. He observed that four months ago, he was the only candidate
One thing you learn from the doctrine of vocation is that the Christian life includes what we might describe as the secular. The realm of “Christian” does not consist just of overtly devout exercises. Rather, it also includes our lives in the family, the workplace,
There are lots of disturbing statistics that get thrown out by every latest study. Phil Lawler identifies the most disturbing of all, the one that has the most devastating implications for our society, our culture, and our people: Fewer than half of our children today,
A “political technology” company called Crowdpac has analyzed the campaign contributions of nearly 5,000 towns and cities in the United States and has ranked them on a liberal/conservative spectrum. Thus we can determine the ten most liberal and the ten most conservative cities in America. But
The three remaining Democratic presidential candidates (Clinton, Sanders, and O’Malley) will debate on ABC Saturday at 8:00 Eastern Time. Go here for details. I’m not going to try to live blog this one. If you want to comment on it, you can do that here.
Political scientist James R. Rogers (a member of the LCMS) argues that a big part of the problem in American Christianity today is that, for a long time, churches have relied on the culture to instill morality, rather than instilling Christian morality themselves. Ever since
Did you know that a new Star Wars movie is opening this weekend? I’m pretty sure you do, since I have never seen so much hype for a movie. Nor have I seen so much merchandising before a movie has even been released. As a
The House of Representatives, which controls the nation’s purse strings, is dominated by Republicans. But they just agreed to a budget deal that includes $680 billion in new spending and special-interest tax cuts. The White House is claiming total victory. The deal gives the Obama
The Communications Workers of America endorsed the socialist candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency, Bernie Sanders. This is the biggest union to come out for Sanders, with most of the others supporting Hillary Clinton. What most of the media reports about the CWA
As we blogged about, Pope Francis recently visited a Lutheran church in Rome, where, in answer to a question, he expressed openness to allowing Roman Catholics and Lutherans to commune together. An article on the subject and an interview with the pastor of the Roman
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