We blogged about the parents in Maryland who got in trouble for letting their six and ten year old children walk home by themselves. (See this and this.) It happened again, and this time the Child Protective Services took their kids, if only temporarily.
Marco Rubio announced his candidacy for president. That makes two Cuban-Americans (with Ted Cruz) and two Floridians (assuming Jeb Bush runs). He claims that he can attract Hispanics and other minorities, young people, and the less well off, bringing these important demographics into the Republican
A new Pew study of trends in world religions says that Islam is the world’s fastest growing religion. Though Islam will come close, Christianity will still have the greatest numbers, with 40% living in sub-Saharan Africa. The number of atheists, agnostics, and the unaffiliated–though increasing
The left is always saying that big business really runs this country. There may be some truth to this claim. The irony is that big business is supporting the left, at least on social and moral issues. When corporations from Apple to Walmart turned against
Hillary Clinton has officially thrown her hat into the ring, announcing that she is running for president. This is no big surprise. She has long been assumed to be the inevitable Democratic nominee, as if she is the heir apparent. Lots of people, many of
Some people from the Institute for Ecumenical Research in Strasburg, France, have been teaching Luther and his theology to an international crowd in Wittenberg for the last six years. They have been amazed at how Luther’s articulation of the Gospel addresses contemporary issues and contemporary
Think-tanker Joseph Backholm cites some of the absurdities and posturing in the controversy over the Indiana Religious Freedom act–such as Apple threatening to stop doing business in Indiana, while still doing business in Saudi Arabia where gays can be executed, and a governor banning state
Kansas has banned late-term abortions that dismember the child. Other states are considering passing the same law. You have got to read the news story in the Washington Post, excerpted after the jump. You might notice some bias in the story. But notice to what
The outrage from big business (even Walmart!), the media, and the culture at large over Indiana’s Religious Freedom bill has many Christians thinking that America is a lost cause. The dominant culture is so fixated on gay marriage and sexual permissiveness that it will not
Back in 1994, Lynne Cheney, former head of the National Endowment for the Humanities, published a piece in the Wall Street Journal entitled The End of History, criticizing educational standards for American History. Now she has published The End of History, Part II, about the
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