We have to talk about the trans issue. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox appeared on several leading Sunday morning news programs this past weekend, and we need t...
Every generation has its own formative moments. In just a few generations, the prominent memories shifted from “Remember the Alamo” to “Remember Pearl...
For decades now, leading American conservatives have accused the political left of being soft on crime. This charge against the political left in the ...
Committee hearings and meetings of the U.S. Senate are often routine and uneventful, but one hearing this week turned into something truly consequenti...
Controversy has erupted over the American Girl dolls and the company's support for a group known as Girls Inc. The American Girl company had been well respected for its line of quality dolls and accessories and for its wholesome image. But all that c ...
A speaker at Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington provides a truly tragic example of how Christians must not talk about homosexuality. This is one of the most serious questions facing the Christian church -- a challenge to biblical authority and ...
Vincent J. Schodolski, national correspondent for The Chicago Tribune, deals with the intentional childlessness issue in "Pitter-patter of Little Feet Isn't for Them: Not Having Kids Sounds Great to Many Couples," a front-page story in Sunday's editi ...
Carol Sarler wants to enter into a civil union with her adult daughter. Nothing incestuous or lesbian, mind you. She just wants the tax savings and other benefits that come with the civil unions. Writing in today's edition of The Times [London], Sarl ...
Christopher Orlet writes: A popularity contest for public intellectuals seems about as silly as a beauty contest for dogs. Still both are done. The latest -- and as far as I know the only -- was conducted by the journals Prospect and Foreign Policy. ...
Before the week ends, I want to draw attention to what many (but not all) in the mainstream media have missed -- President George W. Bush's brave and strategic support for religious liberty during his recent visit to Asia. The President's first publ ...
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals [PETA], always out on the radical fringe, is busy with its annual crusade against the eating of Thanksgiving turkeys. It's now offering "The Top Ten Reasons Not to Eat Turkey" on its web site. I won't bu ...
The New York Times editorializes on the Internal Revenue Service's investigation of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California, concluding that "it would seem to be hard to justify picking on a church that has a long record of opposition to ...
Funeral music can be beautiful, declaring the Gospel and the majesty of God. Or, it can be maudlin, superficial, banal -- and even heretical. The choice says much about us, and much about our faith. In an increasingly secular world, the abandonmen ...
Jean Baudrillard, one of France's most prominent thinkers, is famous for his theory that reality is constructed out of simulation and simulacrum -- signs and images. In a media driven age, these signs and images replace the real and appear as the do ...