A former student wrote me after the Aurora shootings saying that a friend of his was in the theater and had been shot. He said she was from an active homeschooling family, a leader in the Colorado homeschool debate league, and a committed Christian, very
Who says conservative Lutherans don’t like contemporary Christian music in church? We do. It’s just that we want the contemporary Christian music to be, you know, hymns, as opposed to pop ditties. And we do need new hymns. Towards addressing that need, I am happy
Christians have been emphasizing abstinence, says University of Texas sociologist Mark Regnerus, whereas they should be emphasizing marriage. Instead, Christians are buying into the same confused ideas about marriage that the world has been assuming. Among both Christians and non-Christians, the marriage age has been
About one of my students: Evan Johnson boarded the Washington, D.C. metro train at 5:15 a.m., surrounded by sleepy, somber commuters. One girl on his left read The Hunger Games on her Kindle, while the girl in front of him read the same novel in
The economy is in the toilet, unemployment is over 8%, our foreign policy is a mess, and President Obama’s approval ratings are dismal. And yet, polls show him still running neck-and-neck with Mitt Romney, if not a little bit ahead. How can that be? You
Liberals use the tax code as a social-engineering device to shape people’s behavior in order to manipulate society as they see best. Bruce Walker asks, tongue mostly in cheek, why don’t conservatives do that? If conservatives simply threatened to tax politically unpopular leftist behavior, that
Are you following the exploits of the archer in the Olympics who is legally blind? South Korean archer Im Dong-hyun sees only blurred colors and lines when he peers toward the target about 76 yards away, arrow at the ready. It doesn’t stop the legally
Are you psyched up about the Olympics, which starts this weekend, with the opening ceremonies getting underway tonight? They sort of snuck up on me. I get more and more interested as the games go on. This year the television and online coverage will be
Discussion about the Obamacare contraception/abortifacient insurance mandate has centered on the religious liberty of church-related institutions. But what about the religious liberty of pro-life individuals who own businesses? That, in fact, is the case before the courts that might have a ruling today. (I’m on
Michael Barone summarizes a number of pundits criticizing the mayors of Boston and now Chicago for seeking to deny business licenses to Chick-fil-A because its owners don’t believe in gay marriage. Their point is simple, and based on Supreme Court rulings: it’s wrong and unconstitutional
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