More taboos keep falling down. A column in the Washington Post, no less (the leading newspaper of our governing class), argues that we should legalize sex between teachers and underage students. (more…)
More taboos keep falling down. A column in the Washington Post, no less (the leading newspaper of our governing class), argues that we should legalize sex between teachers and underage students. (more…)
Our post in honor of Vocation Day, which used to be called Labor Day. . . . Max Weber, one of the founders of modern sociology, credited the doctrine of vocation for the rise of the modern economy in his 1920 book The Protestant Ethic
President Obama has agreed to ask Congress for authorization before he attacks Syria. I salute that, since the Constitution requires Congress to approve going to war. However, I predict that a coalition of liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans will vote the proposal down. What do
Anthony Sacramone quotes Anglican priest Peter Ould: Even though Henry VIII was just a selfish Roman Catholic, basically, men like Cranmer and Ridley and Latimer were deeply imbibing of the Lutheran theology. … Anglicanism is inherently Lutheran. For a video of Father Ould talking about
In the context of a discussion about a growing movement of conservative Catholicism in England, Peter Berger–a giant in the field of sociology and an ELCA Lutheran–discusses some misconceptions about the appeal of progressive vs. conservative Christianity. He says that “supernaturalism” increases a church’s appeal
The British parliament voted not to attack Syria over the alleged chemical attacks. France and Germany have decided not to act without the UN Security Council finishing its investigation. These countries were the first ones to raise the red flag against Syria, but now they
Chad Bird tells the story of Henry Gerecke, a pastor of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and a military chaplain assigned to minister to the war criminals at the Nuremberg trials, including walking with ten of them to the gallows. Many of the Nazis clung
Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, the civil rights protest that featured Martin Luther King, Jr., giving his eloquent “I Have a Dream” speech. The Washington Post printed a number of accounts from people who were there. Raymond S. Blanks tells
Mark Steyn tells about a dad who asked his 15-year-old son to hold his beer for a second so he could take a picture. Whereupon he got busted by the cops for giving alcohol to a minor. Mr. Steyn puts his finger on a problem
Michael Avramovich gives us useful details about that New Mexico Supreme Court case we blogged about that ruled that a Christian photographer had to shoot a gay commitment service (New Mexico doesn’t even have gay marriage!) against the dictates of her conscience. In the account,
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