FOXNews.com - U.S. & World - Supreme Court Denies Parents' PleaThe Supreme Court once decided an African was not a human.The Supreme Court once decided that an unborn child was not a person.The Supreme Court has now decided by default that when a human cannot swallow and a spouse with an interest in his death says he wants to die, then that man is not a person. Needless to say...
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MSNBC - Insurgent attacks against U.S. troops declineWe are winning, but then we always were. Next liberal story line: democracy in Iraq is not "pure" enough or some of the elected leaders are thugs so it was not worth going.Bush plan:1. Remove Sadaam.2. Install Democracy.The Bush plan worked. The assumption has been that democracies do not support terror in a large scale way....
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Dear Mr. Hewitt,For good reason, you have been a bit sad of late. These are tough times in some ways. However, with good Reagan spirit, I am reminded of five reasons to be cheerful today with an extra BONUS to cap it all off.First, we are winning the war in Iraq. All is not perfect, but the best evidence we are winning is that the war is moving out the mainstream news.Second, ...
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For some reason, a big group of those I know and like hate the modern world. They are almost cranky about it, like old men who always are going on about the good old days. Oddly enough, most of the writers I read that I intensely dislike also hate the modern world. They keep going on about the future they are about to create. They scare me even more.Such unanimity is disturbin...
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Hugh Hewitt points out that today Paul Krugman went mad.In a nation at war with real terrorists, Paul Krugman shakes in terror at the thought of domestic terror from homeschool moms, Bible study leaders, AWANA groups gone postal, and Baptists with an attitude.It is not just covered dish dinners anymore Mr. Krugman believes. In between a chorus of "Majesty" and "Amazing Grace,"...
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As a philosopher, who loves clarity, I have decided to define the "religious right."A person is a member of the religious right if and only if he is a person who allows his religious knowledge to impact his decision making, he votes, he votes for Republicans, he does not privilege secular beliefs over religious beliefs as demanded by people with secular beliefs, and argues tha...
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Winston Churchill once noted that people were always threatening to resign from government positions. The real danger to them was someone might let them do it. Out of government they quickly discover that they are not nearly as important as when they were in it.Andrew Sullivan is one of the left's favorite conservatives. He is a fine writer and fairly well read. He often takes...
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What I'm ReadingBefore spending hard earned money to send their kids to a Christian college a parent should ask themselves what they anticipate from the college. If you are one of the eighty percent of evangelicals who voted for Bush, then you might not realize that many Christian college professors views you as either an idiot or wicked. They have a "radical orthodoxy" for yo...
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When I was a boy one of my favorite songs was Power in the Blood: There is pow'r, pow'r,wonder working pow'rIn the bloodof the Lamb;There is pow'r, pow'r,wonder working pow'rIn the preciousblood of the Lamb.How true this is! Every Sunday, Holy Communion brings me to a reflection on this truth. This Western Easter where we must powerlessly watch a good woman die is a good time ...
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Thanks to Hugh Hewitt for alerting me to the fact that some people, even normally good and responsible people, are calling for violence or useless and counterproductive illegal activity in the Terri Schaivo case.As I noted in an earlier post, her parents may feel compelled to try to take her food or to protest in some non-violent way. Civil disobedience that is non-violent fro...
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Hugh Hewitt is right.At the moment, just now, there is too much pain in the world.An ailing Pope is suffering in Rome.Terri Schiavo is being legally murdered in Florida. She experiences the agony of forced starvation.And now in Minnesota a boy too young to vote has destroyed his own life and the lives of others. Families suffer and it horrifies me to think of even trying to sa...
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One of the glories of Christianity is the way the Holy Spirit has provided for the integration of practical piety, the life of the church, and theology. No place is this more evident than in the issue of repentance. According to Williston Walker, the early Church faced a difficult issue with the lapse of some converts to the faith during times of intense persecution. What w...
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Monastaries often get an undeserved bad reputation. Chaucer may have something to do with it or the fact that our culture cannot imagine real community and giving things up. If you believe, as I do, that the culture is in real trouble, then monasticism looks more appealing. There are forms of monasticism that allow for marriage and family life. Most monastaries are cultural ce...
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