She was among the last cohort of Americans to be struck by polio. She limped throughout her life, but never complained of her affliction or let it slow her down. She was a dedicated teacher, a highly productive scholar, a much-sought-after public speaker—and a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. And she was courageous—standing up for what she believed was right, quite irrespective of the prevailing orthodoxies in the academy and the broader intellectual world. http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2013/08/10760/?utm_source=RTA+George+Elshtain+Tribute&utm_campaign=winstorg&utm_medium=email Read more

Why is it that American religious leaders who have gotten so worked up about the Arab-Israeli conflict speak in such muted tones about the Syrian Civil War? http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/08/12/church-leaders-condemn-israel-but-not-syria-showing-clear-double-standard/ Read more

Gerald R. McDermott Will everyone one day be saved? Is hell only temporary, if it exists at all? If the answer is yes to either of these questions, the historic Christian commitment to the conversion of the world to Christ would appear to be somewhat silly. Why go to such effort and expense trying to persuade people that Jesus is the only way if they all will see that eventually anyway? Why risk offending people—especially those who follow other religious... Read more

Within an hour of its online debut, the number of viewers of Reza Aslan’s now notorious interview with Fox News’ Lauren Green had far exceeded the number of Israelites who crossed the Red Sea under the leadership of the father of all Jewish nationalist zealots, Moses. Aslan was being interviewed on the occasion of the appearance of his book that places Jesus of Nazareth at the top of a long list of subsequent, rabidly nationalist messianic Jewish zealots. http://jewishreviewofbooks.com/articles/449/reza-aslan-what-jesus-wasnt/ Read more

Mark Tooley Recently the new co-head of Evangelicals for Social Action (ESA) hailed a “Che Guevara Jesus” for heralding a new “revolutionary” way. The comparison is odd, since Che was a brutal Marxist-Leninist commander who was an enthusiastic torturer and prison keeper for Fidel Castro’s new Cuban communist dictatorship. He also was instrumental in bringing Soviet nuclear weapons to Cuba. http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/08/05/a-che-guevera-jesus-for-evangelicals/ Read more

The city council of Washington, DC should consider the psychological damage to children that would come of a new bill legalizing surrogacy contracts. http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2013/08/10718/?utm_source=RTA+Italiano+Surrogacy+Bill&utm_campaign=winstorg&utm_medium=email Read more

Ryan Anderson Merriam-Webster is going to have to update the next edition of its dictionary, at least if marriage redefiners have their way. Do you know what the words “monogamish,” “throuple,” and “wedlease” mean? If not, you soon will. After all, the power to redefine words is the power to redefine reality. http://www.nationalreview.com/node/355295/print?utm_source=RTA+NRO+Language&utm_campaign=winstorg&utm_medium=email Read more

Knights Hospitallers cared for Christian pilgrims at the site; Jewish patients received kosher food. http://www.timesofisrael.com/massive-crusader-hospital-uncovered-in-old-city/ Read more

“Many of the principles laid out in the CST are sound principles that any Christian can affirm, but because it comes from the Catholic Church some of you will reject it outright.” http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/07/31/defending-the-catholic-church/ Read more

Third party reproduction corrupts the parent-child relationship and disrespects the humanity of donor-conceived people. http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2013/08/10511/?utm_source=RTA+Newman+Rights+Donor-Conceived&utm_campaign=winstorg&utm_medium=email Read more