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...
To see him around children was to catch a glimpse of his gift. Over dinner in our home, my wife and I noticed that Dr. James Dobson had chosen to sit ...
I was invited to particpate in National Public Radio's "Taking Issue" forum on "Evolution and Religious Faith." Here's how NPR introduced the series: At its extremes, the current debate over teaching Darwin's theory of evolution pits science against ...
The media swarming about the controversy over evolution, Intelligent Design, and creationism are losing their cool, and showing their true colors in the process. In today's commentary, I take a close look at the panic evident in the latest issue of T ...
Dr. James Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family, received an unexpected hit in the media recently after speaking to the issue of human embryonic stem cell research. Here's what he said on the August 3 edition of the Focus on The Family ...
Clearly, I hit a nerve. Almost two years ago, I published an article entitled "Deliberate Childlessness: Moral Rebellion With a New Face." In that article I addressed the growing phenomenon of married couples who simply choose not to have children. I ...
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals [PETA] is reportedly "reconsidering" a campaign that compares animal abuse to human slavery. According to The Los Angeles Times, One panel showed a black civil rights protester being beaten at a lunch count ...
Meeting yesterday, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America [ELCA] turned back a proposal that would have allowed non-celibate homosexuals to serve as ministers. As The New York Times reports today, In an indication of the deep split over homosexua ...
In today's commentary, "Video Games -- The New Playgrounds of the Self," I take a look at Christine Rosen's important article, "Playgrounds of the Self," published in the current edition of The New Atlantis. That's also the topic of today's edition o ...
Christopher D. Morris is in a lather. In his op-ed article, "Stopping a Judicial Conflict of Interest," published earlier this week in The Boston Globe, Morris comes right to the brink of secular panic -- and then goes over the cliff. He actually sug ...
The now-infamous NARAL Pro-Choice America television ad against Supreme Court nominee John Roberts has become a lesson in the value of intellectual integrity and the necessity of truth-telling -- even in the midst of a contentious political battle. [ ...
Beliefnet.com features an exchange of articles between Bill Dembski and Michael Ruse that continues and clarifies the debate. Dembski's article includes these choice statements: Intelligent design is a modest position theologically and philosophicall ...