Politics evoke passions, and cultural politics passionate passions. That shouldn’t surprise us. After all, unlike tax policy, questions about abortion, marriage, raising children, the role of religion in public life, and so forth touch on our deepest beliefs. Which makes this story of boorish . . . . Continue Reading »
Bureaucratic centralized control is the bane of good medicine. And yet, our fearless leaders keep wrapping the system in increasing bureaucratic chains, giving faceless planners ever more power, sapping the system of competency and efficiency.One bureaucratic agenda item is fighting . . . . Continue Reading »
Expert: UN study backs Church strategy on Aids A new UN Aids study has lent credibility to faith leaders who have long argued that behavioural change is key to combating the spread of the illness, a Catholic expert on the disease has said. Lesbian gets $35K settlement over canceled prom A rural . . . . Continue Reading »
My esteemed Redeemer University colleague, Robert Joustra, offers insight after his recent attendance at an event sponsored by the Center for Public Justice in Washington, DC. His thoughts are worth sharing here:I spent last week with the good people at Civitas, talking about graceful politics. . . . . Continue Reading »
When I taught humanities at a Christian secondary school, I spent the first week or so of the fall semester exploring how Christians should read because I anticipated that the pagan literature of the Greeks and Romans would chafe against my students’ delicate sensibilities and trigger . . . . Continue Reading »
Where can a terrorist go to unwind after a stressful year of setting off IEDs, murdering civilians, and shooting at Israeli soldiers? HezbollahLand! At Hezbollah’s “Museum for Resistance Tourism” on the mountain stronghold of Mleeta, war is celebrated, glamorized, and . . . . Continue Reading »
Just a week after the lower house of French parliament passed a measure banning burqas amid charges of discrimination and xenophobia, Syria’s Ministry of Education has rather quietly banned the niqab —a veil that leaves only the eyes uncovered—from public and private universities. . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve never heard of a religion consultant before, but I think the United Methodists may be using one. According to a BeliefNet report , the United Methodist church recently completed a study of 32,000 Methodist congregations, aiming to reestablish ecclesial vitality in the face of a financial . . . . Continue Reading »
I spent most of my time flying to Australia recently reading my pal Dean Koontz’ newest, Frankenstein novel, Lost Souls. It made the time fly as fast as the Boeing 777 I was on. Like almost everything Dean writes, it is an effortless read—the pages just melt away—and . . . . Continue Reading »
There seems to be a new article on the ordination of women, sex abuse, or some combination of the two every day now, many displaying theological tonedeafness and worse, scorn for the motives of Catholics who dare to take seriously the Church’s longstanding theological traditions. But there are . . . . Continue Reading »
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