Our culture longs for superheroes because our country lacks leadership. So we flock to see Ironman, or binge-watch Daredevil, to console and distract ourselves. Through most of our history, we educated our young people on epics and ancient chronicles, chivalric ballads and tales of saints. Real liberal arts education starts with stories, of Achilles’ passion for glory and Hector’s love…
Read NowVice President Joe Biden said investing in the nation’s highways and bridges is a national security issue and Congress should quickly approve spending for new projects. Biden said Monday the government now spends less than 1 percent of the gross domestic product on infrastructure, down from about 4 percent. Businesses won’t invest if they don’t know they can get raw…
Read NowLater this month, the Supreme Court will deliver its decision concerning same-sex marriage. There are two possibilities for how they might rule. The first option will affect churches and Christian organizations quickly. The second will also have an impact, but will take place over a longer period of time. One possibility is a ruling that will essentially force same-sex marriage…
Read NowByron Barlowe—Eagle Scout, father of an Eagle Scout, veteran of 19 years of Scouting—is grieved by Robert Gates’ declaration that the BSA needs to end the ban on gay Scout leaders because Gates’s call violates the Scout law to be morally straight. Boy Scouts will now be subject to gay adult leadership if BSA (Boy Scouts of America) president Robert…
Read NowFrom the tea party to Occupy Wall Street to #BlackLivesMatter, America has spent much of this young century questioning its premises. And as the battles over federal spending, economic inequality and racial injustice continue, Charles Murray comes forward to identify another threat to the nation’s purpose and self-image: the rise of the regulatory state, a rapacious shadow government that has…
Read NowOver the weekend, a terrorist group with links to the Islamic State (ISIL) released a video, showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya. On Monday, Egypt and Libya launched warplanes in an air assault on Darna in eastern Libya, where the group is based. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said, “This wanton killing of innocents is just…
Read NowWho would have guessed that the panel discussion on poverty at Georgetown University would have generated so many comments and commentaries? Many people have discussed some of the statements by President Obama. I wrote a commentary a week ago about his frustration with religious groups who he believed spent more time talking about social issues than addressing poverty. Thomas Sowell…
Read NowThird World immigration advocates Frank Sharry, Ali Noorani and Marc Andreessen aren’t shy about rushing to the press with pabulum quotes about how wonderful immigration is, but they don’t want to debate me, even to lie about all those benefits. They don’t want you to think about immigration at all. Although you will miss the lush analytical context of the…
Read NowVICTORY! Federal Court Grants Family-Owned, Faith-Based Car Dealership Permanent Relief from HHS Abortion Pill Mandate Federal district court judge grants permanent injunction, protecting Christian businessman from being forced to violate his religious beliefs—or pay crippling fines You wouldn’t know it from the media, but legal victories for religious liberty continue to pile up, despite a massive war raging across the…
Read NowJohn Zmirak was on my radio program recently, and we talked about his column with the provocative title, If the Supreme Court Imposes Same Sex Marriage, You Could Lose Your Church. It’s a little more complicated than that, but you can’t say everything in a title. He makes the point that other Christian commentators are making. The upcoming decision by…
Read Now“I’m always chasing rainbows, watching clouds drifting by. My schemes are just like all my dreams, ending in the sky.” The vaudeville song by Caroll and McCarthy, popularized over the years by stars from Judy Garland to Barbra Streisand, is all too appropriate for this stage of the gravest threat to all our dreams: the prospect of mushroom clouds over…
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