Nobody knows the pain of the culture of death more profoundly that the Schindler family. First, Terri Schiavo—Bobby’s sister—was dehydrated to death because of her profound cognitive incapacity. Her cruel death, the family believes, badly undermined dad Robert . . . . Continue Reading »
Sometimes when I tell people that I think the Bible has no errors when read with literary sensitivity, they reply:“That is so nineteenth century of you.” This is quite offensive to me since it is my politics and taste in fiction and architecture that are Victorian, not my theology. . . . . Continue Reading »
Evidently President Obama’s wanting to play basketball with the guys is disturbing to some people.I am unclear why this is so.Sometimes guys like to hang out with guys in their free time. The President lives in a house with three females. He works in an office with gals and guys. Why . . . . Continue Reading »
Recently, Newt Gingrich teased voters by announcing he might run for President of the United States. This is exciting news only if the voters in the GOP get the Nobel Peace Prize Disease (NPPD).NPPD is a rare condition where decision makers pick not the best candidate, but the one who wants it the . . . . Continue Reading »
This should be obvious, but it needs to be restated. Israel’s former ambassador to the United Nations did so yesterday:Dore Gold: Nuclear Iran Would Create Terrorist UmbrellaFormer Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Dore Gold warns that a nuclear-armed Iran would shift . . . . Continue Reading »
The failure of the federal government to properly regulate marijuana is leading to terrible headaches. MMJ is a Schedule 1 drug under the Controlled Substances Act, meaning that the Congress has determined it has a high potential for abuse and has no legitimate medical use. The former . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve suspected the “battle for the Bible” was lost ever sense my Microsoft Word spell-check started suggesting the word “ignorance” every time I type the word “inerrant.”Texas pastor Bart Barber posts this morning one of the finest, and most charitable, . . . . Continue Reading »
How long before someone makes the argument that the government has to deal drugs in order to afford the medicine Americans need ? The libertarian rejoinder that we can and should decriminalize pot without nationalizing health care shows more intellectual promise than popular support. And too many . . . . Continue Reading »
George Will on Michele Bachmann: Looking toward 2012, she is not drawn merely to Sarah Palin or other darlings of social conservatives. She certainly is one of those, but she knows that economic hardship and government elephantiasis now trump other issues. Indeed, but what’s really of . . . . Continue Reading »
This week, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) of the Catholic Church announced that an upcoming Apostolic Constitution will streamline and clarify processes for Anglicans to become Catholic, reflecting a broader trend towards cultural and liturgical diversity in the Catholic . . . . Continue Reading »