The Roman Catholic Church has a new pope, and it didn’t take the papal conclave long to make it happen. On the fourth ballot, taken in the grandeur of...
In normal times, an institution like Harvard University thrives on publicity. Then again, these are not normal times. Harvard may be the most elite br...
Can a revolution come down to a pill? Over the past century, tidal waves of moral revolution have transformed society and reshaped our moral landscape...
Pope Francis, considered by Roman Catholic dogma to be Vicar of Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Patriarch of the West, Bishop of Rome...
Columnist John Leo of US News and World Report considers contemporary abuses of language in Double Trouble Speak, published in the current edition of the magazine. "It's a living language," Leo remindes us, "but sometimes it's dead on arrival when pe ...
The Polish philosopher Leszek Kolakowski offered a profound refutation of Marxism/Communism. Essayist and cultural critic Roger Kimball considers Kolakowski's legeacy in Leszek Kolakowski and the Anatomy of Totalitarianism, published in the June 2005 ...
Today's commentary, Two Decisions, Two Worldviews--The Ten Commandments Decisions, considers the meaning and impact of the two decisions handed down yesterday. The decisions aside, this is a good opportunity for Christians to remember the importance ...
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that local governments could use economic development as a cause for taking property, most Americans seemed to think that the case had little to do with a threat to their own property--or the property of th ...
An article published earlier this month at TechCentralStation represents something of a new-found boldness among those committed to evolutionary naturalism. Robert McHenry, former Editor in Chief of the Encyclopedia Britannica, takes the gloves off i ...
As if parents didn't have enough to worry about, a new children's book is out, prompting controversy in several school districts and libraries. The book, written by Linda De Haan and illustrated by Stern Nijland, is entitled King & King, and it g ...
The Anglican Consultative Council voted last week to exclude the Episcopal Church, USA and the Anglican Church of Canada from its deliberations for three years. The ground of the expulsion was the fact that the two North American churches had taken ...
Consider this statement on the disappearance of hymns from worship from Paul S. Jones: The postmodern church, like the rest of Western culture, is self-obsessed and seems uninterested in the rich heritage of church music imparted to us from the saint ...
Joel Osteen has issued an apology for his disappointing June 20 appearance on CNN's Larry King Live program. The apology is published on the Joel Osteen Ministries Web site. "It was never my desire or intention to leave any doubt as to what I believe ...
We would all like to be encouraging -- and encouragement is one of the hallmarks of Christian ministry. After all, Barnabas was given his name as "Son of Encouragement" precisely in recognition of this invaluable ministry (Acts 4:36). Nevertheless, e ...