The empire strikes back

The empire strikes back: An attack on a prominent classical Christian school shows the movement has the liberal establishment running scared A majo...

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“Larry King Live” — Tonight

I am scheduled to appear on CNN's "Larry King Live" program tonight. The program is live at 9:00 EDT. Other guests are to include David Gergen, David Kuo, and Jim Wallis. The topic is Christianity and the 2008 presidential race. ...

May 14, 2007

Parents Launch a Crusade for Life — “We Want Them to Talk To Us”

A group of concerned parents has launched a crusade for life. They want women and couples considering abortion when faced with a diagnosis of probable Down syndrome to listen to them as they talk of their own children and the joy these children have ...

May 11, 2007

“The Army We Have” — Young Men, Responsibility, and Leadership for the Twenty-First Century

Inevitably, the armed services are a mirror held up to the nation. When we look at our soldiers, we see the profile of a generation. This was true of the rag-tag army that coalesced under the leadership of General George Washington, of the massive Am ...

May 10, 2007

Where Have all the Liberals Gone? — The Riverside Church Seeks New Pastor

New York City's famous temple of Protestant liberalism, the Riverside Church, is looking for a new pastor. As The New York Times reports, the search committee is not having an easy time of it. The paper describes the historic church as "the Vatican ...

May 9, 2007

Harvey Mansfield — 2007 Jefferson Lecturer

Harvey Mansfield, William R. Kenan Professor of Government at Harvard University, delivered the 2007 Jefferson Lecture at the Warner Theater in Washington last night. The Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities is one of the nation's highest honors, and ...

May 9, 2007

Academic Bias Against Evangelicals?

The Institute for Jewish and Community Research recently conducted a poll of American college professors, asking them to rate their feelings toward specific religious groups. The report points to one glaring fact -- a majority of the polled faculty m ...

May 8, 2007

Anglican “Missionary” Bishop Named for America — The Schism Arrives

William Bennett once observed that America was fast becoming "the kind of nation civilized nations sent missionaries to." In truth, that is what America has now become, with the installation of Martyn Minns as "missionary bishop" for the Convocation ...

May 7, 2007

Are Mormons in the Mainstream? — New “On Faith” Article

The question for this week at "On Faith," the joint project of The Washington Post and Newsweek magazine, is this: After 175 years of existence, is Mormonism entering the mainstream of American religious life or are people still suspicious of it? A ...

May 4, 2007

Mstislav Rostropovich — The Baby in a Cello Case

Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich died April 27. His death, announced by Russia's Federal Culture Agency, brought an end to one of the great lives of the last century. Rostropovich was a musical genius, but his life was about much more than music. He was ...

May 4, 2007

Of Babies and Believers

Phillip Longman of the New America Foundation was interviewed by W. Bradford Wilcox of the University of Virginia in the current issue of Books & Culture. Longman is the author of The Empty Cradle, a look at the long-term impact of falling fertil ...

May 3, 2007