President Biden’s unpardonable pardon

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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“Where Do All the Colors Go at Night?” — Children and the Need for Silence

One of the most lamentable aspects of modern life is the disappearance of silence. Throughout most of human history, silence has been a part of life. Many individuals lived a significant portion of their lives in silence, working in solitude and untr ...

June 11, 2009

A Matter of Pride?

The issue of homosexuality presents all morally serious persons with an unavoidable question:  What is the moral status of homosexual acts and relationships?  One way or the other, some judgment on this matter will be made. Are homosexual acts inher ...

June 9, 2009

Moral Reasoning in Light of Wichita

[NOTE:   This column ran in The Chicago Tribune in yesterday's edition (read it here). I wrote this editorial column in the aftermath of the murder of Dr. George Tiller. An extended note is found at the end of the column, dealing with the arguments f ...

June 8, 2009

Completely Portable Pleasure — The Annual Summer Reading List

Summer represents a golden opportunity for reading -- at least in theory. Most of us create stacks of books we hope to read over the summer months, and summer tends to define a certain kind of reading intended for pleasure. Thankfully, good books can ...

June 5, 2009

A Major Force in Education — Homeschooling in America

The U.S. Department of Education has released its periodic review of schooling in America, and it offers a revealing look at the growth of homeschooling.  The picture of contemporary homeschooling offers some real surprises and raises some new questi ...

June 3, 2009

A Wicked Deed in Wichita — A Test for the Pro-Life Movement

The cold-blooded murder of Dr. George Tiller on Sunday morning presents the pro-life movement in America with a crucial moral test -- will we condemn this murder in unqualified terms? For many years, Dr. George Tiller has represented the horrific re ...

June 1, 2009

Stop Texting and Read This — The Thumb You Save May Be Your Own

Statistics can be used to inform or to mislead, and sometimes they can shock.  See if this statistic isn't shocking:  In the fourth quarter of 2008 American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month.  That, dear friends, ...

May 29, 2009

When Medicine and Faith Collide — What About the Child?

Recent cases involving parents who claim a religious reason to refuse medical treatment for children have cast this issue back into the Public Square -- and right into the headlines. The cases draw immediate attention for good reason.  Each case inv ...

May 26, 2009

Waving God Goodbye — The Tale of the Unbelieving Bishop

Richard Holloway is a Bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church. There seems to be on obvious problem -- he doesn't believe in God.  In the Scottish Episcopal Church, that must not be a problem. Bishop Holloway served for years as Bishop of Edinburgh ...

May 22, 2009

America’s Unsettled Conscience on Abortion

Here is an amazing fact -- over 35 years after the legalization of abortion this nation is still deeply divided over the issue.  America has an unsettled conscience on abortion, and this most contentious of moral issues may be further from resolution ...

May 20, 2009