Conscience and Religious Freedom
Kerby Anderson Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the creation of a new division within its Office of Civil Rights. There will now be a Conscience and Religious Freedom...
Cleaning the Voter Rolls
Kerby Anderson With another set of elections on the horizon, it is time to consider how to clean up the voter rolls. As I’ve mentioned in previous commentaries, we do have a problem. A report that cam...
Homeschooling and Abuse
Kerby Anderson It was inevitable that the tragic case of the Turpin’s thirteen starving children found in filthy conditions would be used to question the value of homeschooling. Of course, this was ab...
Nassar Lesson
Penna Dexter Capping off a dramatic seven-day hearing last month, a Michigan judge delivered a 175-year prison sentence to former USA gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, for sexual abuse of patients....
Climate Change Warning
Kerby Anderson The Environmental Protection Agency has unveiled an online tool that is supposed to help local officials see the dangers of climate change in their community. The Climate Change Adaptat...
LGBT Blacklist
Kerby Anderson An LGBT group known as Campus Pride has published a list of more than 100 Christian colleges and universities that are deemed dangerous because they don’t affirm the homosexual lifestyl...
Moral Deists
Kerby Anderson Over the last two decades, Christian Smith has helped us understand what is in the heads and hearts of young people. He is the coauthor of such books at Soul Searching, Souls in Transit...
Economic Inequality
Kerby Anderson Economic inequality is one of the themes that ran through the presidential election and congressional races. Edward Conard has been challenging many of the myths surrounding this debate...
Feminists' Disappointment
Penna Dexter The feminist Left may not admit it, but the #MeToo movement is a sign that the sexual revolution has failed women. Accounts of real sexual assault and harassment are pouring in, resulting...
Election Agenda
Kerby Anderson You have probably seen campaign yard signs popping up in your neighborhood. That is a vivid reminder that we are headed to another election season. The general election isn’t until Nove...
Oprah and the Religious Landscape
Kerby Anderson The discussion earlier this month about the possible political future of Oprah Winfrey provides a commentary on America’s religious landscape. Ross Douthat reminds us that “We’ve heard...
