North Korea has backed off of its military threats, after shelling South Korean territory, but the South Koreans are still angry and defiant. In addition to mobilizing their military, the South Koreans have resumed a practice that had been halted for seven years out of
E. Thomas McClanahan explains an important distinction in the context of the health care reform law and the economic turmoil in Europe: During the health care debate, it was common to hear people piously assert that health care should be a right, perhaps unaware of
We apparently no longer have universal education in this country. Even high school graduates cannot be assumed to have even the most basic educational skills. That’s what the army is finding. At least the army is maintaining its educational standards: Nearly one-fourth of the students
Thanks to Tom Hering for this update to my post about the murder of our friend, a missionary in Israel: Two men allegedly involved in the stabbing of two women, one fatally, near Beit Shemesh on Saturday have been apprehended. Police are maintaining a media
We’re in Oklahoma for the Christmas holidays, traveling around visiting relatives and revisiting the places of our past. Part of it has me feeling melancholy, as I see beloved locations rich with memory falling into neglect, disrepair, and decay. My wife, who has been studying
The constitutionally-mandated reappportionment of congressional delegates (and thus electoral votes) according to the latest census is looking good for Republicans. States gaining Congressional seats: Arizona (1), Florida (2), Georgia (1), Nevada (1), South Carolina (1), Texas (4), Utah (1), Washington (1). States losing Congressional seats:
That American tourist who was murdered in Israel–I knew her! Kristine Luken. She worked for Patrick Henry College for awhile, helping us with accreditation issues. (She had previously worked for the Department of Education as a liason with colleges.) She became friends with my wife.
Great Britain’s new get-serious coalition government is concerned with the sexualization of children and may have found a way to thwart internet pornography. Instead of setting up systems to “opt out” of certain kinds of content, adult users would have to “opt in” before getting
Crossway editor Justin Taylor interviews Calvin Stappert on his new book about Handel’s Messiah. Did you know Handel was a Lutheran? Did you know he intended his oratorio to be a work of Christian apologetics? Can you give us a thumbnail sketch of who George
The Senate struck down the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, allowing gays to serve openly in the military. Unlike gay marriage, this is not unprecedented. In fact, the Greeks sometimes purposefully cultivated homosexual attachments in military units in order to build unit cohesion. This
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