Christianity Today asks three contributors whether Christians should shut down their social service programs when the state commands them to act against Christian belief. In line with my advice in response to Obama’s gay marriage announcement, Ryan T. Anderson offers a stirring . . . . Continue Reading »
One doubts whether Christ observes America’s great civic holiday for celebrating and thanking our mothers, but it’s surely a fitting day for American Christians to think of that lady, Mary. Only three years ago, Evangelical and Catholics Together released the momentous statement, “Do . . . . Continue Reading »
A BBC commenter and religious leftist named John Bell went on a sexist tirade that was remarkable in its vitriol. He makes a point that people will do in groups what they would never do as individuals, which has long been known as mob psychology. No argument there. But the . . . . Continue Reading »
New York City, 1917: Trotsky bought some furniture on an instalment plan, $200 of which remained unpaid when the family left for Russia in the spring. By the time the credit company caught up with him. Trotsky had become Foreign Minister of the largest country in the world. — Orlando Figes, A . . . . Continue Reading »
I was pretty teed off about the Canadian doctors trying to force Hassan Rasouli off of wanted life-sustaining treatment. Then, when I found out that even though they were absolutely wrong in their “certainty” that he would never wake up, they still were considering trying to force . . . . Continue Reading »
May 1930: Lloyd George exchanged a few words with my father and then turning to me said: “What are you going to do, my boy, when you grow up?” “I’m going into the Navy, sir,” I replied, giving what was then my stock answer. He frowned, shook his long mane of white hair . . . . Continue Reading »
What hubris. Shawn Lawrence Otto, of Science Friday on NPR, suggests that science has just outgrown democracy, don’t you know. We need the experts to be in charge.Otto lists some of the outstanding benefits society has unquestionably received from science, and then more than suggests . . . . Continue Reading »
Father John Coigley was standing with his hands bound on a scaffold in Kent about to be executed for treason in connection with the 1798 Irish rebellion when, with his wrists still tied, he pulled a knife from his pocket. The crowd gasped for two reasons. First, it was surprising that Coigley had . . . . Continue Reading »
<blockquote As I grew older my father took me with him to see his friends. There were lunches with John Buchan, who gave me six autographs to swap at school, and with Kipling, who balanced a pencil on his eyebrows for my entertainment. — Julian Amery , Approach March: A Venture in . . . . Continue Reading »
The Occupy orcs are back demanding free this and free that, while at the same time, seeking to destroy the very means and systems by which such services and wages could be paid.But for our purpose, the Occupiers want ecocide criminalized, so we can treat the earth as a living being and put . . . . Continue Reading »
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