We have earlier blogged about Alexis de Toqueville, the 19th century French tourist who nailed the American character and predicted much of the American future. Read what my colleague Mark Mitchell says about how de Toqueville analyzes the American economic proclivities, with relevance for what
Mollie Hemingway at GetReligion reports on how the agency responsible for promoting human rights at the United Nations has passed a resolution similar to laws in many nations–including Canada–that forbid the defamation of religion. Especially Islam: Last week, the UN Human Rights Council approved a
Christianity Today has an article on religious syncretism, focusing particularly on multi-faith clergy. We have blogged about the Muslim-Episcopalian priest (see below) and the Buddhist-Episcopalian bishop, both of which the article treats in more detail and with revealing quotations. Here is a case I hadn’t
Updating what we have posted about earlier, the female priest of the Episcopal Church who converted to Islam has been removed from her office. Bishop Geralyn Wolf of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island deposed Ann Holmes Redding, citing abandonment of Communion of The Episcopal
Strange Herring tells of a pastor in the Netherlands who does not believe in God, but who still insists on the right to minister in the Protestant state church. I have long thought that a major source of liberal theology is pastors and theological professors
Anthony Sacramone at Strange Herring reports that a skull was discovered of a caveman child that had significant deformities, indicating that the child was profoundly handicapped. And yet the child lived until he was five years old. That means that his parents gave him extensive
So the Obamas met the Queen of England and gave her an iPod. She already has one. (UPDATE: And the iPod is loaded with his speeches!) The White House issued a briefing book to reporters that talks about how England is “slightly smaller than Oregon”
Victor Davis Hanson tells why our military today is so outstanding:
Today is April Fools’ Day, so be forewarned. In honor of the day, here is a link to that most useful site for exposing hoaxes and urban legends, Snopes.com, which has a nice article about the origins, legends, and falsehoods of All Fools. NOTA BENE:
Still more Orwellian newspeak from the new administration from the head of Homesland Security, no less, Janet Napolitano. She wants to replace the word “terrorism” with “man-caused disasters.” The very person assigned to protect us from terrorism does not believe that terrorism exists, prefering to
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