So boys shouldn’t play on girls teams? California’s governor suddenly affirms biology In a sudden affirmation of biological and moral sanity, Calif...
The courage and clarity of President Trump’s executive orders on gender identity Last week, flanked by a small army of girls and young women, Presi...
Young men are turning to conservatism—in politics and in Christianity They didn’t see this coming. Liberals in America are scratching their heads t...
The meaning of the president’s second term in office Monday was one of those very few days that draw a line in the sands of history. Amer...
Chloe Breyer serves an Episcopal priest at St. Mary's Manhattanville Church in West Harlem, New York. She is the daughter of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer and author of The Close, a reflection on her first year at General Theological S ...
December 23, 2005 marks 200 years since the birth of Joseph Smith. Smith, the founder of Mormonism, was born in Vermont, but was raised in the region of western New York known as the "Burned-Over District" because of the fierce religious debates tha ...
Bioethicist Nigel M. de S. Cameron points to a significance of the incarnation that may be missed by many -- what he calls "the bioethics of Bethlehem." Cameron points back to the conception of Jesus in Mary by the Holy Spirit, and to the concrete r ...
Earlier today, I posted selected portions of editorials form major newspapers celebrating the judge's decision in the Pennsylvania Intelligent Design trial, along with brief rejoinders [see below]. Here are a few more, breaking later in the day: Fro ...
The New York Times has broken a story that demands immediate attention. In "Through His Webcam, A Boy Joins a Sordid Online World" by reporter Kurt Eichenwald, the paper points to an alarming and relatively new phenomenon -- teenagers acting out in t ...
As expected, the raft of editorials on the Pennsylvania Intelligent Design decision [see below] arrived right on time. The nation's leading papers are responding as predicted -- and the editorials are worth a closer look. From The Washington Post: T ...
Judge John E. Jones of the U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania handed down his decision in the now-infamous trial over the teaching of intelligent design in the public schools. In a written opinion, Judge Jones ruled that the Dover School Board had a ...
How should Christians respond to the current controversy over torture and coercive interrogation? Joe Carter of The Evangelical Outpost and Justin Taylor of Between Two Worlds organized an on-line symposium on the question. This is an important resou ...
Just a few weeks ago, South Korean scientist Woo-Suk Hwang was at the top of the scientific world -- the focus of global attention. Now, all that has changed. In February 2004, media reports indicated that Dr. Hwang and his colleagues had successful ...
Sometimes, it's the contradictory headlines that tell the story. Last week, USA Today released a prominent article with the headline: "'Brokeback' Rides Into the Mainstream." The same day, The Los Angeles Times featured a story with the headline, "Ca ...