Keith Pavlischek

In my previous post, “Dueling Petitions at the American Philosophical Association” , I called attention to a controversy in which several Christian colleges and their philosophy faculties are accused of unjustly discriminating against practicing homosexuals in violation of the rules of . . . . Continue Reading »

David P. Gushee, distinguished university professor of Christian ethics at Mercer University and president of Evangelicals for Human Rights has taken to the pages of USA Today to confess—well, sort of—that things haven’t turned out exactly as he had hoped with President . . . . Continue Reading »

This week, after withering pressure from a wide range of critics, Charles W. Freeman Jr. withdrew his name after President Obama nominated him to serve as head of the National Intelligence Council. This opening paragraph in the lead editorial of the Washington Post sums up the problems that lead to . . . . Continue Reading »

” Islam Should Prove It’s A Religion of Peace,” insists Tawfik Hamid in today’s Wall Street Journal. Hamid, a Muslim reformer and former member of an Egyptian Terrorist organization, can’t understand why the West is so upset about Geert Wilders’ film, Fitna . . . . . Continue Reading »

The Hudson Institute has published a series of Presidential Transition Papers providing recommendations and advice to the Obama administration. Nina Shea’s The Contest of Ideas with Radical Islam:The Centrality of the Idea of Religious Freedom and Tolerance is worth particular attention. Shea . . . . Continue Reading »

A group of unhappy professional academic philosophers have submitted a petition to the American Philosophical Association. What are they up in arms about? The opening paragraph of the petition tells it all: Many colleges and universities require faculty, students, and staff to follow certain . . . . Continue Reading »

For years evangelicals such as Ronald Sider, Jim Wallis, and David Gushee have taken upon themselves the mantle of “prophet”—speaking the truth to power and all that. They have made a career of distancing themselves from the “religious right” because, the story goes, . . . . Continue Reading »

In “Wilder’s Defense of Free Speech,” Andrew Bostom finds literary and historical precedence in the European attempt to censor Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilder for FITNA, a film critical of Islam. Bostom calls our attention to Beaumarchais’ Marriage of Figaro , written at . . . . Continue Reading »

In his recent FT article, John DiIulio warns that after the first hundred days or so, Obama and his faith-based council “will not be able to vote “present” on faith-based initiatives.” Nor, can he expect critics “to stay quiet or be satisfied with broad or bipartisan . . . . Continue Reading »

We do not believe in a clash of civilizations. We do see a shared struggle against extremism—and we will do everything in our collective power to help the forces of tolerance prevail. In the Muslim world, a small number of violent extremists are beyond the call of reason. We will defeat them. . . . . Continue Reading »