Keith Pavlischek

Shortly after my post ” Where do ProgressiveEvangelicals Stand on the Stupak-Pitts Amendment?” , I got an blast email from the folks over at Sojourners calling attention to a Sojourners article by Brian McLaren that answers the question. McLaren is not happy with the folks at the Daily . . . . Continue Reading »

From Salon : “A source close to the Faith Table, a gathering of ostensibly progressive Christians helmed by evangelical leader Jim Wallis, notes that the group has been agitating for Stupak-Pitts for months, with Wallis declaring Stupak-Pitts the most important vote of the year.” . . . . Continue Reading »

Over at Sojourners, Brian McLaren—the emerging church and religious left’s foremost authority on foreign affairs, grand strategy, and defense policy—has weighed in on Afghanistan. In ” Dear President Obama: An Open Letter on Afghanistan ,” McClaren writes: I am a loyal . . . . Continue Reading »

According to a Washington Post editorial, ” Open to Vouchers? ” Michelle Rhee, the head of the Washington, DC public education system recently testified before Congress that “she could not in good conscience tell a parent today to put his or her child in a traditional [Washington, . . . . Continue Reading »

In a Washington Post article, ” Colleges Speaking Up to Protect Shy ‘Sexiles ‘”, we are informed that “In an era of coed dorms and slackening rules about “overnight guests,” a new constituency has emerged on college campuses: the roommate inconvenienced by . . . . Continue Reading »

In ” One Cheer for Jim Wallis ” I complimented the founder of Sojourners for his insistence—when pressed on the issue by a CBN reporter—that abortion funding be excluded from any health care reform. I ran into Wallis not long afterwards and he wanted to know why I was being so . . . . Continue Reading »

Back in the Reagan era the slogan was “Peace through Strength.” In the military ranks this was modified, with typical military humor as decidedly unofficial, politically incorrect, slogans such as “Peace through Fire-Superiority” or “Peace through Marksmanship” or . . . . Continue Reading »

The Obama administration’s talking point on health with regard to abortion has been to insist that any legislation will be “abortion neutral.” So called progressive evangelicals such as Brian McLaren ,  David Gushee , Jim Wallis and the all the other “prophetic voices” . . . . Continue Reading »

The front page Washington Post headline isn’t sensational; it merely reads ” Civilian, Military Officials at Odds Over Resources Needed for Afghan Mission .” But one can hardly imagine a more damning indictment of President Obama and certain unnamed “senior administration . . . . Continue Reading »

On Saturday Bruce Ackerman, a notoriously liberal Yale Law School Professor, took to the editorial pages of the Washington Post to criticize General McChrystal. In  ” A General’s Public Pressure ” he writes: In a speech in London on Thursday, Gen. Stanley McChrystal publicly . . . . Continue Reading »