While visiting Mexico last February, Pope Francis intervened in America’s political battles. Although he did not mention Trump’s name, the reference was clear: “A person who thinks only of building walls, wherever it may be, and not of building bridges, is not Christian. This is not in the . . . . Continue Reading »
My friends who work in scientific fields were aghast when they saw that the organizers of a planned “March for Science” had tweeted that “colonization, racism, immigration, native rights, sexism, ableism, queer-, trans-, intersex-phobia, & econ justice are scientific issues [black power . . . . Continue Reading »
On behalf of the Second Continental Congress in declaring America’s independence, Jefferson in the first paragraph of the Declaration drew upon authority greater than the Crown, the British Empire, and the long traditions of English law and government. “With a firm Reliance on the protection of . . . . Continue Reading »
Pets are replacing America’s children. According to the marketing research firm Mintel, two-thirds of American pet owners treat their pets as “part of the family.” One-third say that their pets understand their feelings better than most humans. Half care as much about the . . . . Continue Reading »
Roy Moore, former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, was right to invoke Dred Scott when opposing Obergefell v. Hodges. Continue Reading »
Technologies are moving us away from the unconditional acceptance of the children we receive toward a perceived right not only to have a baby, but to have “the baby we want.” Continue Reading »
In Not by Nature but by Grace, Gilbert Meilaender offers a primer for understanding adoption through a scriptural and ethical lens. Continue Reading »
Our Republican elites offer Baskin-Robbins Bushism—any skin tone, ethnicity, or gender, as long as it is all Bushism. But voters don’t want Bushism in any vessel. Continue Reading »
George W. Bush's speech last week clarified the deep agreement between his agenda and that of center-left Democrats. Continue Reading »
Recent evidence suggests print reading is on the rise, while e-book sales are dropping. Continue Reading »
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