Embryonic stem cell research, contrary to the rhetoric, will NOT lead to a cure for Alzheimer’s. And it probably won’t for Parkinson’s disease, either. According to Joe Carter, stem cell scientists know this, but purposefully lie about it to overcome pro-life opposition to the destruction
French President Sarkozy is the new George Bush, pushing the military intervention first in Libya and now in the Ivory Coast, where French-led UN forces, battling another murderous dictator, captured President Gbagbo, who was ousted in an election but refused to leave office. Now Europe
Before the UN, a proposal that Bolivia has already enacted, a new frontier of rights legislation: Bolivia will this month table a draft United Nations treaty giving “Mother Earth” the same rights as humans — having just passed a domestic law that does the same
Well, the Voyage of the Dawn Treader movie didn’t do so well, even worse than Prince Caspian. Still, as we blogged about earlier, Walden Media is forging ahead with The Magician’s Nephew. In an interview with Christianity Today, the head of that studio explains why:
Kathleen Parker gives some good examples of demonizing your opponent: So why do Republicans hate art, the elderly and children? Hint: Same reason parents hate their children when they say, “No.” We could just leave it at that, but this is too much fun. The
The noted Christian historian Mark Noll says that a revolution has taken place in our understanding of the history of American evangelicalism. Citing the scholarship of British historian W. R. Ward, who died recently, Noll says that the origins of American evangelicalism are now understood
Today, April 12, is the 150th anniversary of the fall of Ft. Sumter, which officially began the Civil War in 1861. Civil War Trust: Civil War Sesquicentennial Home. That’s really not long ago, in historical terms. The lifetime of two old men. What a tragedy,
Charles Krauthhammer defends Paul Ryan’s budget plan, which Democrats are decrying in apocalyptic terms for the way it slashes the budget, even though that will not be enough to balance the budget until 2040! That’s how bad our deficit is! The conventional line of attack
Gerald McDermott at First Things offers a fascinating discussion of a current battle going on in evangelical theology: Evangelical theology has long been divided between those who emphasize human freedom to choose salvation (Arminians) and those who stress God’s sovereignty in the history of salvation
The Republicans, according to this analysis, got the better of the budget negotiations: HR1 was originally to seek spending cuts of $32 billion until Tea Party conservatives insisted on more than $ 60 billion. House Speaker John Boehner won more cuts than he originally sought
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