The War Powers Act allows presidents to launch hostilities at their discretion, but they must receive the concurrence of Congress (to which the Constitution gives the authority to declare war) within 60 days. If that doesn’t happen, the president has 30 additional days to end
The food industry is the biggest sector of the economy. Food is a major factor in health. Food production has a major impact on the environment. Food is a factor in policies about poverty, foreign aid, and entitlements. Shouldn’t we have a coherent national food
Canadian Lutheran Mathew Block discusses the study that shows how common ancient heresies are among American evangelicals. He blames a confusion over the meaning of “sola Scriptura,” which does NOT mean that we can interpret the Bible anyway we want. “Scripture alone” does not mean
An Anglican site has compiled a list of The 100 best Christian books. Of course, such lists are a matter of biased opinion, but there are some real treasures here that you might not be familiar with. (St. Augustine’s Confessions is #1. George Herbert made
Parasites that kill their hosts are basically committing suicide. More successful parasites keep their hosts alive. Tapeworms, for example, can hunker down in someone’s intestines and grow to obscene lengths before the host even notices. The most successful parasites, such as the microorganisms that live
Democrats thought they had demographics, the young adult vote, the Hispanic vote, the women’s vote, and the cultural tides all going for them. And yet, they lost catastrophically. So what went wrong? After the jump, excerpts and some links to attempts to account for what
A study has found that whereas most American evangelicals believe in the Trinity, they often hold views about Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit that correspond to ancient heresies. (more…)
Some 1,000 American troops have been sent to Africa to help in the fight against Ebola. Plans are to send as many as 3,900. As with others who care for Ebola patients, these military men and women risk catching the disease themselves. And then they
Sociologist Peter Berger discusses the Houston mayor subpoening sermons (which have been cancelled, by the way), the progression of punishment for those who do not agree with gay sex, and President Obama as the first president from the “new class” (the elite social class that
If only the Kansas City Royals would have hit it out of the park as often as our pastor does in his sermons, week after week. On All Saints’ Sunday, with the text of the Beatitudes, he talked about how we confuse being “blessed” with
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