Charles Krauthammer analyzes the rhetoric of today’s increasingly desperate liberals. He is essentially arguing that those who used to claim that they were “the party of the common people” now hold the opinions of the “common people” in contempt. Instead of arguing for their positions, liberals
The Ninth Circuit Court, a rather unpredictable group, has ruled in favor of the Christian relief organization World Vision, allowing religious organizations to hire only employees who are in accord with that religion. From Christianity Today: In most cases, Title VII of the 1964 Civil
Amidst the happy news that North Korea will release a Christian activist from prison, thanks in part to the intervention of former president Jimmy Carter, are some curious details. From Christianity Today: From a hospital in Tucson, Arizona, former North Korean prisoner Robert Park prays
Paul Schwennesen puts the environmental disaster in perspective: Picture your neighbor’s pool. Unless you live in Malibu, it’ll contain about 6,000 gallons. That’s the “Gulf” for purposes of discussion. Now go to your garage, get a quart of oil and pour it in when he’s
I was on Issues, Etc., yesterday. You can listen here. Somehow Todd Wilkens or Jeff Schwarz got ahold of a WORLD column I wrote way back in 2002. They seemed to think it is still relevant. Here it is: Stupid church tricks Many church youth
Christianity is not the only belief system that divides itself up according to fine nuances of theology. Virtually all religions do that. And so do secular ideologies. For example, the Wikipedia article on “Libertarianism” cites six varieties. So if you are a libertarian, are you
Mexican drug lords, having diversified into human smuggling, have committed a monstrous atrocity: Gunmen from a drug cartel appear to have massacred 72 migrants from Central and South America who were on their way to the U.S., a grisly event that marks the single biggest
Al Mohler, himself a seminary president, discusses the agenda of some college professors: On many campuses, a significant number of faculty members are representatives of what has been called the “adversary culture.” They see their role as political and ideological, and they define their teaching
Sarah Pulliam Bailey (a regular reader of this blog) has written a good article for Christianity Today on Dinesh D’Souza, a Catholic, assuming the presidency of the King’s College, an evangelical school. (She quotes me in the article.) Her interviews shed light on the issue
I admit that I have no idea what is going on with the oil in the gulf. The latest scientific findings keep changing: A week after a high-profile paper suggested that the vast Deepwater Horizon oil plume could linger for months, another study claims bacteria
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