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...
Hurricane Wilma caused considerable damage across South Florida, but, in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, this devastation received little national attention. South Florida is my home area, and my parents, siblings, and extended family remai ...
A deadly tornado struck near Evansville, Indiana overnight, killing at least 23 persons as most were asleep. At least thirty other victims remained in critical condition as evening fell. The storm also caused damage in Henderson, Kentucky, where it t ...
The Guardian [London] reports that Bishop Gene Robinson -- the first openly homosexual bishop of the Episcopal Church USA, met this week with Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in London. According to the paper, the crisis sparked by B ...
Just recently, I discussed the article by Professor Peter Singer in the "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" series published in the September/October issue of Foreign Policy. The series is now available on-line, and that allows a look at another article in t ...
I recently picked up another volume in "The Old Testament Library" series of biblical commentaries. Leviticus: A Commentary was written by Erhard S. Gerstenberger, professor of Old Testament at Philipps-Universitat, Marburg, Germany. Translated into ...
Andrew M. Siegel of The New Republic warns liberals that Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr., President Bush's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court is very dangerous indeed. Specifically, he warns that Judge Alito's geniality and personal graciousness make him e ...
Are we entering a great new era of hymnody? There are signs of hope, and we can see the emergence of new hymn writers and composers who combine the best of old and new, recovering the ancient form in a new age. Best of all, these hymns are rich in bi ...
Doctors at Houston's Baylor College of Medicine are set to begin a "sex selection" study that will allow parents to choose the gender of their baby. Up to 200 couples are to be given the opportunity to choose either a male or female embryo to be pla ...
The Los Angeles Times reports that an Irvine, California church has pushed its commitment to theological inclusivity to include opening its facility to a Jewish synagogue and an Muslim mosque. From the paper's report: There's an Irvine house of wors ...
On October 29, the Judicial Council of The United Methodist Church--the denomination's highest church court--removed an openly-homosexual woman from service as an ordained minister. The council defrocked Irene Elizabeth Stroud, who had in 2003 announ ...