Ben Carson will announce today that he is running for president. One of the country’s leading neurosurgeons, Dr. Carson is an African-American conservative known for his fiery rhetoric and his Christian faith. I actually met him. He is impressive in many ways and has a
Last Sunday was the day in the church year when the regular round of Bible readings comes to the 23rd Psalm, as well as the New Testament passage about how Christ is the Good Shepherd (John 10:11-18). Therefore, the day is heralded as Good Shepherd
An exchange between a Supreme Court Justice and the Solicitor General: Justice Alito: In the Bob Jones case, the [Supreme] Court held that a college was not entitled to tax-exempt status if it opposed interracial marriage or interracial dating. So would the same apply to
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent who identifies himself as a Socialist, is running for president on the Democratic ticket. You may think, another socialist? But Sen. Sanders is at least open about his radicalism, and he has a constituency in the Democratic party. Charles
Michael Avramovich observes that “In the ancient Roman world, Christians were referred to as ‘hostis humani generis’ (enemies of the human race). This was a legal term of art and signified that Christians were undeserving of any legal protection.” He sees this mindset returning. He
With a warrant, law enforcement agencies have been able to put a tap on a suspect’s telephone. Now that we have cell phones and smart phones, it has come out that the government has been monitoring calls without a warrant. Users are looking for encryption
Teachers, who have big clout in the Democratic Party, don’t like standardized testing, a major reason being that it often provides evidence of their ineffectiveness. So Democrats generally support gutting No Child Left Behind, George W. Bush’s education law designed to make sure that children
Hillary Clinton says that “religious beliefs. . .have to be changed” when they interfere with “reproductive health care” (that is, abortion). And pro-abortion laws “have to be backed up with resources and political will.” Notice that she doesn’t say “religious beliefs have to change.” That
You know the Christian bakers who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay marriage? That was back in 2013, but it sparked a growing outrage against people exercising their religious liberty to disapprove of gay marriage. Last Friday an Oregon labor panel
Imagine two professional baseball teams playing each other but not letting any fans watch the game. Maybe that’s the future of professional sports. But it is happening today in Baltimore, where riots over another African-American who died in police custody, have led to the decision
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