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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...

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Why Dads Matter – James Q. Wilson on Boys Without Fathers

In today's commentary, "The Ties That No Longer Bind? Marriage and the Virtue of Loyalty," I look at James Q. Wilson's article published in the current issue of In Character. Wilson makes a compelling argument for the essential link between loyalty a ...

October 19, 2005

Another Very Bad Idea

Alan Cooperman of The Washington Post reports Wednesday that the federal government will pay for the rebuilding of "parochial schools, nursing homes and similar religious institutions," but not for the rebuilding of church buildings used for worship. ...

October 19, 2005

A “Duty” to Abort? You Have Been Warned

Patricia E. Bauer, a former reporter and bureau chief for The Washington Post, warns that prenatal testing techniques have shifted the medical question from an ability to abort babies judged to be defective to a duty to abort. She's right of course, ...

October 18, 2005

Will New Tribes Mission Personnel Be Evicted from Venezuela?

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has announced plans to evict all New Tribes Mission personnel from the South American nation, describing the missionary group as "a true imperialist infiltration that makes me ashamed." According to the BBC: "The New ...

October 17, 2005

So Much for Conscience in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle has vetoed a bill that would have expanded that state's medical conscience clause to allow medical professionals to "opt out" of participating in certain medical procedures such as removing a patient's feeding tube or usi ...

October 17, 2005

What is the Stem Cell Debate Really About?

Two possible breakthroughs in human stem cell research were announced Sunday in Nature, one of the world's most respected scientific journals. In "'Ethical' Routes to Stem Cells highlight Political Divide," Erika Check and Carina Dennis report that s ...

October 17, 2005

Another Less-Than-Noble Nobel Prize

The Swedish Academy announced Thursday that the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature had been awarded to British playwright Harold Pinter. The Academy released a statement explaining that "Harold Pinter is generally seen as the foremost representative of B ...

October 14, 2005

The End of Faith? On the Future of Atheism

Ronald Aronson offers an interesting review essay in the current issue of BookForum. The topic is atheism and Aronson thinks that "it is irreligion, and not religion, that is on the defensive today." Nearly forty years after TIME's famous cover that ...

October 14, 2005

Happy Birthday, Baroness Thatcher — Britain’s Iron Lady Turns 80

Margaret Thatcher turns 80 today, and the world is reminded once again of her courage, strength of character, and statecraft. In London, a large birthday party is planned, and the Queen is expected to attend (an unusual recognition of Lady Thatcher's ...

October 13, 2005

The Architecture of Megachurches — What Do These Buildings Mean?

Architecture critic Witold Rybczynski offers an essay and slide show on modern megachurches at Slate.com. The photography is striking, but Rbyczynski's definition of megachurch has everything to do with the size of the building -- not theology (the n ...

October 13, 2005