These principles are some of my personal first principles for what a church is and how a church ought behave. These come out of my mixed theological background – some Mennonite, Conservative Baptist, and E Free, and uncompromisingly an historic dispensationalist. I welcome your feedback.You . . . . Continue Reading »
Holidays are a human right? An overseas holiday used to be thought of as a reward for a year’s hard work. Now Brussels has declared that tourism is a human right and pensioners, youths and those too poor to afford it should have their travel subsidised by the taxpayer. Under the scheme, . . . . Continue Reading »
In the new corporatism, where governments bail out banks and banks bail out the government, the question continuously arises: who’s the senior partner in the merger?The government bailed out the banks, of course. The banks are now financing the deficits of governments. As I’ve documented . . . . Continue Reading »
In the Washington Times today, Midge Decter recollects the responsibility the United States shouldered during the Cold War and reflects on what our role in the world should be today: So what is now to be our role in the world? To begin with, it must be said that to no other nation can such words be . . . . Continue Reading »
We were sad to hear recently of the passing of prominent atheist-turned-deist Antony Flew, whose obituary can be found at the London Times . He was, among a multitude of accomplishments, the author of There is a God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind . A piece he penned . . . . Continue Reading »
Domestic terrorists are not always violent, but they are almost always cowardly. Take, for example, the despicable hoax perpetrated on the families of Vermont National Guardsmen: The late-night phone calls were wrenching for the Vermont families of soldiers serving in Afghanistan — a stranger . . . . Continue Reading »
At Philanthropy Roundtable , Christopher Levenick profiles non-Catholic benefactors of inner-city Catholic schools. The schools’ long record of success among low-income and minority populations has not gone unnoticed by such non-Catholic philanthropists as Peter T. Grauer: “I’m not . . . . Continue Reading »
There is an interesting column in today’s San Francisco Chronicle about how many parents still resist inoculating their children for fear of autism—even though there are apparently no scientific bases for the purported connection. From the column:On April 7, hearings began to decide . . . . Continue Reading »
Readers of Timothy Reichert’s Bitter Pill , just published in the May issue, may also be interested in The Pill’s Deadly Affair with HIV/AIDS by Joan Claire Robinson of the Population Research Institute. In it she argues that “Hormonal contraceptives increase almost . . . . Continue Reading »
In Kennedy Case. The Bishop Flunks the Professor , the Italian journalist Sandro Magister traces the debate between Charles Chaput, the Archbishop of Denver, and an Italian sociologist and advisor to the Italian bishops, over the incoherence of President Kennedy’s famous and very damaging, . . . . Continue Reading »
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