In the Democratic debate, Bernie Sanders said that what he meant by Democratic Socialism is a system like Denmark’s. I had to laugh, having just come from Denmark and learning that the system over there is more complicated than either Bernie Sanders or I had
Peter Berger, a Lutheran in the ELCA, is an important sociologist of religion. Back in the 1970s, he was one of the scholars who advocated the “secularization” thesis, that as societies grew more modern, they grew less religious. But now he says that he was
Reversing his earlier plans, President Obama has decided to keep 5,500 American troops in Afghanistan through 2017. (more…)
The state churches in Scandinavia are theologically liberal, sometimes to an extreme. For example, in the Church of Sweden the world’s first lesbian bishop called on a congregation to remove its crosses to encourage Muslims to pray there. Read this. Notice, though, the opposition to
At the Democratic debate, the candidates were asked “what enemy are you most proud of?” O’Malley said, the NRA; Chafee said, the coal industry; Saunders said, pharmaceutical companies; Clinton said, Republicans. Jim Webb said, “the enemy soldier who threw the grenade that wounded me, but
The Washington Post has a fascinating profile of David Daleiden, who insinuated himself into abortionist circles to secretly record those Planned Parenthood videos showing officials joking about abortion and fetal tissue trafficking. The story tells how he did it. (more…)
The distinguished sociologist of religion Peter Berger once promoted “the secularization thesis,” arguing that as societies become more modern, they become less religious. But he has since said that thesis has been falsified, that the world is getting more religious than ever (and that modernity
The chair of the Democratic National Committee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, claims that all of the Republican presidential candidates are so anti-woman that they want to kick women out of the country. There are many jokes to be made here. Go ahead and make them if
Big news in world literature: A new tablet containing additional lines for the ancient Babylonian poem The Epic of Gilgamesh has been discovered. (more…)
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