The Power of Precedent
In 1894 Sam Walter Foss composed an allegory in verse. It begins centuries ago with a calf wobbling through the [...]
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01, 2015
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01, 2015
What Has Happened to America?
Many people are asking what has happened to our country. The question is occasioned both by the growing number of [...]
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01, 2015
“I Am Charlie”? Really?
After the French magazine Charlie Hebdo ran a series of cartoons satirizing Mohammed, the Koran, and Islamic religious leaders, Islamic [...]
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01, 2015
Politicians vs. the Rule of Law
In Greek mythology, Pandora received a beautiful jar as a wedding present from the gods. With it came the command [...]
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12, 2014
The Denigration of Women, Part IV
Part I: Having affected the lives of half the members of the human race in innumerable ways for millennia, the denigration of [...]
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11, 2014
The Denigration of Women in History, Part III
Part I: Having affected the lives of half the members of the human race in innumerable ways for millennia, the denigration of [...]
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11, 2014
The Denigration of Women, Part II
After illustrating the historical denigration of women from ancient times in virtually every culture and religion, Part I of this [...]
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11, 2014
The Denigration of Women in History
Westerners are shocked by the treatment of women under Sharia Law, and they rightly link that treatment to the negative [...]
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11, 2014
Prosperity Preaching Is Not Christian
Pastor Joel Osteen’s TV ad announcing his new show on Sirius Radio begins with the promise, “We can have victory [...]
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10, 2014
Rome’s “Welcome” to Homosexuals
In early October, a draft of a Vatican synod report on family life spoke of “welcoming [homosexuals] . . . [...]