A former Treasury official in the George H. W. Bush administration has put forward a new tax reform proposal. It would eliminate the income tax for households that earn less than $100,000, cutting the rates for those above that threshold to 16% or 25.5%. Instead,
A Texas pro-abortion organization, Fund Texas Women, has announced that it is changing its name to Fund Texas Choice. This is because the reference to “women” excludes trans-sexual individuals who now identify as “men” but who still have female reproductive organs and who may thus
. . .and sinner too of course, but Norwegian Bishop Børre Knudsen lived a life of faith and of love and service to his neighbor that even his enemies have come to respect. He was the foremost pro-life activist in Norway. He also battled the
Pro-abortion folks typically go on about how abortion is a “difficult decision” that is only taken reluctantly. But now a pro-choicer is waxing indignant about pro-choicers who do that. She says that if women talk that way, it makes it sound as if abortion is
Another utopian project bites the dust. It turns out, economics isn’t everything. Global prosperity–based on free trade, interdependency, and globalism–does NOT, as expected, give us world peace. (more…)
In responding to a Contemporary Christian musician who came out as gay, saying that she is convinced that God accepts her just as she is, Robert George draws on Plato, who said that there are three forms of atheism: (1) Not believing that God or
We felt good that we killed Osama bin Laden and seemed to have defeated al-Qaeda. But they were nothing compared to the resurgent jihadist army of the Islamic State (formerly known as ISIS, most recently calling themselves ISIL, for “Islamic State of Iraq and the
Conde Nast Traveler has conducted a survey to find the friendliest and the unfriendliest cities in the world and in the United States. See the lists after the jump. Sound about right? What does this tell us about the various cultures represented? (more…)
Last Sunday, the sermon was about that puzzling passage in which Jesus seems at first to reject the Canaanite woman (Matthew 15:21-28). Pastor Douthwaite solved that puzzle in a definitive way in a sermon that was incredibly profound and helpful. (more…)
We’ve blogged about the militarization of the police (here and here), but what about the shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri? Some say the 18-year-old was just minding his own business walking down the street when the police officer killed
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