President Biden’s unpardonable pardon: We must love our children both rightly and righteously “Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter.” Those w...
The Culture of Death scores in Britain: A post-Christian society surrenders to “assisted death” Once again, the Culture of Death scored big last we...
Collapse in the cathedral: A scandal in the Church of England reveals big lessons for all Christians Headlines around the world last week told of t...
It was a night to remember. We went into Tuesday evening with the constant reminder that the presidential race would be among the tightest in recent h...
The late John Lennon, basking in the glow of fame, once remarked of the Beatles --"We're more popular than Jesus now." In more recent days, pop star Elton John gave an interview to a gay-themed magazine related to The Observer [London]. Perhaps Sir E ...
WIRED magazine is out with an important cover story for its November 2006 issue -- "The New Atheism." Contributing Editor Gary Wolf explains that the New Atheists are not content merely to disbelieve in God. They want to make belief in God socially d ...
The New York Times reports on a recent conference the paper described as a "free-for-all on science and religion." The forum was held at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California. Evidently, the event was an opportunity to declare open ...
I am pleased to serve as a panelist on a new project undertaken by The Washington Post and Newsweek magazine. "On Faith" is described as "a conversation on religion" -- with religion described as "the most powerful yet least understood topic in globa ...
Another mainline Protestant minister has defied church law, blessed a same-sex union, and yet escaped discipline. In this case the denomination is the Presbyterian Church USA and the minister is identified as "a direct descendant of legendary Puritan ...
The British media reported shocking news in recent days as a major bioethics report is to be released, offering guidelines for the medical care of severely disabled infants. The Nuffield Council on Bioethics will release the report later this week, a ...
"The bottom line is that a heavily married society is a whole lot better off than one that's not," says David Popenoe, a professor of sociology at Rutger's University and co-director of the National Marriage Project. Popenoe's statement should be rea ...
William Saletan covers biomedical issues and related controversies at Slate.com -- and his instincts about what is important are very often right on the mark. He got it right recently when he pointed to the emergence of biotechnology issues in the 20 ...
Dr. Katherine Jefferts Schori has now assumed office as the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church USA. A former oceanographer, Bishop Schori is the first women to serve as Presiding Bishop. Her election is one of the most divisive developments wit ...
"Can religion stand up to the progress of science?" That is the question posed by TIME magazine in its current cover article, "God vs. Science." The article, written by David Van Biema, looks at the expanding fronts which pit scientific claims agains ...