The empire strikes back: An attack on a prominent classical Christian school shows the movement has the liberal establishment running scared A majo...
Former President Jimmy Carter celebrates his 100th birthday today and the nation marks a milestone. Though a few retired presidents have reached a 90t...
Abortion at the center: Is Kamala Harris running for president of the United States or of Planned Parenthood? Vice President Kamala Harris told her...
“Never give in”: What in the world are they saying about Winston Churchill? My intense interest in Winston Churchill began when I was a 10-year-old...
Just last week, I released a major commentary on the dangers of teenage blogging. In "Courting Dangers Online--Teenagers and the Internet," I reported on the fact that many teens and young adults are putting themselves at risk by revealing intimate d ...
Belief in hell is fast disappearing in Scotland, according to press reports. Reporter Donald MacLeod points to the fact that one third of Scottish clergy "still believe in the existence of hell." Of course, that means that the other two-thirds have d ...
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley identifies himself as "pro-choice," but he sees a dangerous absolutism in the abortion movement. Writing in USA Today, he argues that the movement's opposition to parental notification laws r ...
Steve Sailer reviews Leonard Sax's new book, Why Gender Matters: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know about the Emerging Science of Sex Differences in the current issue of The Claremont Review . Sax's book is truly important, presenting some of the ...
Rodney Stark, professor of the social sciences at Baylor University, argues that Christianity, far from inhibiting the development of science, actually gave birth to science in the Western world. In "How Christianity (and Capitalism) Led to Science, ...
The estimable Michael Dirda, writer and editor for The Washington Post Book World, affirms the power of language in his review of The Book of Common Prayer: The Elizabethan Prayer Book, edited by John E. Booty. Against the modern depreciation of lan ...
Same-sex civil unions are set to become legal in the United Kingdom today. The civil partnerships will enjoy all the legal and financial protections previously reserved only for married heterosexual couples. As The Observer [London] explains: Gay co ...
Charles Rosen, an influential music critic, reviews Robert Philip's new book, Performing Music in the Age of Recording in The New York Review of Books. The article raises a number of important questions and issues. [Read Rosen's article, "Playing M ...
Yesterday was the anniversary of Winston Churchill's birth in 1874. That occasion offers me the opportunity to point once again to Churchill and the central role he played in the twentieth century. I will let Geoffrey Best, one of Churchill's finest ...
William F. Buckley, Jr., perhaps the single most influential conservative thinker in America today, turned 80 on November 24. National Review, the magazine he founded in 1955, became the engine for an intellectual awakening among American conservativ ...