Yale constitutional law professor Jed Rubenfeld makes a distinction that, I think, advances the debate over government and corporate surveillance: Privacy refers to the content of our communications, which is protected constitutionally. But the fact of our communications, which the NSA is exploiting, is not.
Filip Mazurczak reports that Eastern Europe is recovering its Christian identity, not only in personal conversions but also in cultural and legal influence. In Hungary, Croatia, and elsewhere in Eastern Europe, a pro-family, pro-life revolution and a rediscovery of Christian roots is occurring. While few
The New Life Church in Colorado Springs was one of the nation’s leading megachurches. But then its pastor, Ted Haggard, was brought down in a sex and drug scandal. Now the congregation is changing the way it is doing things. Instead of trying to be
The Japanese soldier who held out in a Philippine jungle for 29 years after the end of World War II died. Hiroo Onoda was 91. Read his story–including why he finally turned himself in– after the jump. Would you say Lt. Onoda was an example
President Obama has given a speech in which he announced changes in the National Security Administration’s program of collecting and data-mining phone and internet records. Here are the changes, which seem pretty minor. After the jump, an analysis of where things stand. (more…)
Alone yet not Alone is one of those small but ambitious “faith-based-films” that usually get little traction in the Hollywood world. Some of my students and people I know here at Patrick Henry College worked on it. But I don’t think anybody expected it to
Democratic operative Steve Rosenthal argues that America is becoming more liberal. Do you think he is right? (more…)
You may have heard about the little boy who wanted to distribute to his class candy canes with messages about they symbolize Jesus and the Gospel. His teacher wouldn’t let him. So Glenn Beck, Fox News, and many Christian activists have been excoriating that teacher.
Congregations that want to attract the millennial generation are now being told to ditch their contemporary worship services and to bring back the historic liturgy. Also, it turns out that young adults today have a “sacramental yearning.” Church growth enthusiasts, take note. (more…)
A “shotgun wedding” refers to a couple getting married because the woman had gotten pregnant. (The term conjures up the image of her father pointing his shotgun at the groom.) That doesn’t happen so much anymore. Instead, according to a recent study, we are having
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