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January 05 2010
The Victory of Socialism?
Yes, socialist economic ideas went out of fashion, but socialism has always been more than just economics. We tend to equate socialism with Communism, Marxist revolutionaries and state ownership of industry. But socialism is a much broader vision of the person, society, equality and what it means to be free.
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January 02 2010
Power to the (Conservative) People
That was my one and only Christmas experience, and it never occurred to have another one. But this year's Christmas felt different.
I'm now a conservative who has purchased her first Bible. I am blessed with many new conservative friends in person and online, most of whom are religious. Given that God has taken center stage in my life, I decided it was time to celebrate another Christmas.
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December 29 2009
The Hypocrisy of the Left
Checking out churches online, I found almost none that offered political neutrality. Most heralded their progressive credentials, welcoming the transgendered, but not conservatives.
I was pleased to find an Episcopal church whose website focused on religion, not ObamaCare. I left a message for the priest that I was looking for a church that didn't press a political agenda because I wasn't a liberal.
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December 29 2009
Our human rights culture has now become a tyranny
How did a question which involved only God and the Jews, and which was decided roughly 3,500 years ago, come before Lord Phillips and his eight fellow jurists sitting in 21st-century London?
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December 29 2009
The Impossibility of Same Sex Marriages
They emphasize that the actual capacity to generate children is not necessary for a valid marriage; after all, opponents of same-sex marriage acknowledge the validity of the marriages of men and women known to be sterile and hence incapable of having children.
Why, then, can they not recognise as valid marriages the union of same-sex who love each other and wish to share their lives together?
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December 25 2009
NASHVILE, TN: 'Islam is a dangerous religion,' most American pastors say
Scott McConnell, associate director of LifeWay Research, said LifeWay Research decided to ask this question after European headlines used the phrase "dangerous religion" to describe results drawn from a 2008 study across 21 European countries that found an "overwhelming majority" of people believe immigration from predominantly Muslim countries poses a threat to Europeans' traditional way of life.
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December 25 2009
Face it, abortion is more than politics
Representative Bart Stupak, Democrat of Michigan and the author of the anti-abortion provisions in the House bill, said Monday, "It would be extremely difficult for me to vote for a bill" taking the Senate approach on abortion.
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December 23 2009
Whatever Happened to Shame?
Ellen Goodman is not a scold. She tells us this, insisting that "Shame on you" is "not a phrase that trips off my lips." But she does see a loss of shame as an ominous moral signal. She referred also to the "scandal of the moment" centering on Tiger Woods and the financial scandals of the last two years.
Her greatest concern is the absence of shame:
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December 23 2009
Obamacare Penalizes Marriage
For example, an individual earning $25,000 would pay only $1,538 in insurance premiums. But what if that person is cohabiting with a partner with the same income, and they decide to marry? Their premium is not $3,072, double the cost of one person, but $5,160.
That's a marriage penalty of $2,084.
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December 22 2009
Global Restrictions on Religion
Global Restrictions on Religion, a new study by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life, finds that 64 nations - about one-third of the countries in the world - have high or very high restrictions on religion. But because some of the most restrictive countries are very populous, nearly 70 percent of the world's 6.8 billion people live in countries with high restrictions on religion, the brunt of which often falls on religious minorities.
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