Elton John gives credit to George W. Bush and to conservatives for their efforts in slowing the AIDS epidemic in Africa: “We’ve seen George W. Bush and conservative American politicians pledge tens of billions to save the lives of Africans with HIV. Think of all
Francis Beckwith discusses the indignation in some circles about catechists in the Roman Catholic Church being required to, you know, agree with the doctrines that they are supposed to be teaching. In doing so, he employs a useful new word: egopapism. I define this as
It isn’t just [some] Southern Baptists–or [some] Missouri Synod Lutherans–who are looking for a new name. So are mainline liberal Protestants. From Amy Frykholm: In a recent interview with the Century, historian David Hollinger talks about his preference for the phrase “ecumenical Protestants” to describe
The NCAA did not kill off completely Penn State’s football program, as was widely expected, but the sanctions for the child sexual abuse scandal and its coverup were pretty harsh: NCAA President Mark Emmert made the announcement Monday morning that the program would be hit
New data shows that the poverty rate has climbed to the highest levels since the 1960s: The ranks of America’s poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid
So what can we say about the shootings in that Aurora, Colorado, movie theater? I’m sure we’ll learn more about the details–already I’m hearing different accounts–in regards to the 24-year-old James Holmes who is in custody for killing some 12 people and wounding more than
Though, as we posted, the Democrats are making a big deal of the villain in the new Batman movie being named “Bane,” as in Romney’s Bain Capital, John Boot reports that the film is explicitly, unabashedly Reaganite, an overt attack on the Occupy Wall Street
So what will happen if religious and other pro-life institutions refuse to go along with the Obamacare contraceptive and abortifacient mandate? Under President Obama’s healthcare law, the HHS can levy $100 per employee, per day against institutions that won’t comply with the mandate. Therefore, religious
Reniqua Allen, in lamenting the passing of The Bill Cosby Show, complains about the way television today depicts black families. In doing so, she makes some observations that have wide applications: Instead of a real look at black culture, Hispanic culture or any specific culture,
A controversy roiling in the atheist community is the prevalence of sexual harassment and its leadership’s indifference to the problem: As skeptics, atheists and humanists prepare to gather for their largest meeting in Las Vegas this weekend, attendance by women is expected to be down
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