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Michael W. McConnell surveys the Supreme Court’s 2010 decisions : The Supreme Court completed its 2010 term at the end of June with no blockbusters, few surprises, and an unbroken string of victories for free-speech plaintiffs. It was a year to take a deep breath before the onslaught of . . . . Continue Reading »

Columbus Day has come and gone, but debunking myths never goes out of date. Rachel Motte takes on the silly notion (still taught in some textbooks!) that Columbus believed the earth was flat : “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue . . . ” but not because he wanted to defy any . . . . Continue Reading »

Post-Kinsey: Is There Anything Normal About Pornography? Public Discourse , Cassandra Hough Egypt’s Christians, attacked by army, may flee country Baptist Press What’s a Good Question? The Scriptorium , Fred Sanders Poker Inc. To Uncle Sam: Shut Up And Deal New York Times , Janet . . . . Continue Reading »

Yesterday was the anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. Forty-nine years later, many Protestants (like me) still have no idea what our Catholic friends are talking about when they refer to the changes in Catholicism that occurred because of that council. Fortunately, evangelical . . . . Continue Reading »

A few weeks ago, the promoters and supporters of World Contraceptive Use Day received the latest news of their continued failure. Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals released results of a survey that questioned more than 6,000 young people from 26 countries on their attitudes toward sex and contraception. The report revealed, among other findings, that over the past three years the number of young people having sex without a condom with a new partner increased by 111 percent in France, 39 percent in the U.S., and 19 percent in Britain… . Continue Reading »

Before Hitler, who was the stand-in for pure evil ? The Pharoah. In the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, many Americans and Europeans had a firmer grasp of the bible than of the history of genocidal dictators. Orators in search of a universal symbol for evil typically turned to figures like . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Signs You May Be a Distributist Acton PowerBlog , Kenneth Spence Faith in America: The Role of Religion in the Public Square James Madison Program , Robert P. George and Russell D. Moore Democratized Holiness: Yom Kippur And Moral Responsibility Huffington Post , Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks The . . . . Continue Reading »

From an interview with N.D. Wilson , author of Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl : Trevin Wax: Why is it important that we seek to communicate truth in persuasive and artistically powerful ways? Nate Wilson: It is important that we communicate well (in ways that resonate artistically as well as . . . . Continue Reading »

A recent Gallup survey shows that Americans are evenly divided about whether government should do what it can to promote traditional values in society. This is only the fourth time in 26 Gallup measurements of the question since 1993 that support for government’s promoting of traditional . . . . Continue Reading »

Glen Scrivener notes how much of the King James Version owes to a man who, after being condemned as a heretic, was strangled and his body burnt: Computer analysis has revealed that more than three quarters of the King James Version can be traced directly to Tyndale (83% of the NT and 76% of the OT) . . . . Continue Reading »