Lessons From Europe’s Decline
A review of a lecture by Roger Scruton on “The Future of European Civilization: Lessons For America.”
For there to be a successful turnaround in confronting these two external threats [Islamic extremism and a revival of hostility with Russia], however, there must also be a rebirth of national sentiment and local attachments. So far, the foundationless ideology of rights has wiped away the emotions that would be needed if people are to... Continue Reading
Can’t Have Your Cake, Gays Are Told, and a Rights Battle Rises
“I do like doing the wedding cakes,” he said. “But I don’t like having the government tell me which ones I can make and which ones I can’t make…”
“It’s a clear, well-settled proposition that businesses who open the door to the public must serve the public,” said Evan Wolfson, the president of Freedom to Marry, an organization advocating same-sex marriage. “We don’t want Americans walking into businesses and being turned away because of who they are — that’s what nondiscrimination principles mean.” But... Continue Reading
Discovery Of Official Clay Seals Support Existence Of Biblical Kings David And Solomon, Archaeologists Say
Mississippi State University team finds an ancient clay seal in southern Israel offering evidence of government activity in the 10th century B.C., a time when many scholars said a kingdom could not exist in the region.
Six official clay seals found by an archaeological team at a small site in Israel offer evidence that supports the existence of biblical kings David and Solomon. Many modern scholars dismiss David and Solomon as mythological figures and believe no kingdom could have existed in the region at the time the Bible recounted their activities.... Continue Reading
Oklahoma, Feds Call Truce in Common Core Battle
The U.S. Department of Education agreed to reinstate Oklahoma’s No Child Left Behind flexibility waiver
Oklahoma lost its waiver in August because its decision to repeal the Common Core State Standards a few months earlier left it without approved college- and career-ready standards. The state returned to the standards in place before Common Core—the Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS)—and began the process of developing its own new standards. But it... Continue Reading
Christian Colleges vs. Hookup Culture
The good intentions behind conservative campus rules
Though it runs counter to the prevailing attitude of college students, we as Christians know good, healthy, relationship-building benefits of saving sex for marriage. Even at secular schools, there are students who recognize the need for a sexual ethic that encourages relationships to flourish, rather than allowing the hookup culture to dominate social life. ... Continue Reading
2014 In Review: An Unsettling Year, With Religion In A Starring Role
Religion played a large role in many stories and in major headlines in 2014:
A string of court decisions paved a way for greater accommodation of religion in public life, dealing a blow to atheist groups that warned that the separation of church and state was under attack. In Greece v. Galloway, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld sectarian prayers at public meetings, and the justices also ruled 5-4 in favor... Continue Reading
How Academia’s Liberal Bias Is Killing Social Science
A blockbuster new report includes some unsettling revelations
The authors also drop this bombshell: In one survey they conducted of academic social psychologists, “82 percent admitted that they would be at least a little bit prejudiced against a conservative [job] candidate.” Eighty-two percent! It’s often said discrimination works through unconscious bias, but here 82 percent even have conscious bias. I have had the following... Continue Reading
5 Special Things Black People Lost When Schools Were Integrated After Brown v. Board of Education Decision
On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that state laws establishing separate public schools for Black and white students were unconstitutional, violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The 9-0 decision was hailed as a major victory for the civil rights of African-Americans, paving the way for the... Continue Reading
India Intervenes on Christmas Conversion of Thousands of Christians to Hinduism
Hindu nationalists refuse to back down on Christian re-conversions, dub India a "Hindu nation"
“A plan to convert 5,000 Indian Christians and Muslims to Hinduism on Christmas Day has been canceled by local officials. But organizers insist the conversions are merely postponed, and plan to protest Christmas baptisms at churches instead.” Update (Dec. 24): Members of India’s opposition party protested a Hindu nationalist leader’s remarks declaring the country... Continue Reading
ISIS Reportedly Selling Christian Artifacts, Turning Churches Into Torture Chambers
The Islamic State is turning Christian churches in Iraq and Syria into dungeons and torture chambers after stripping them of priceless artifacts to sell on the black market, according to reports.
“Experts believe Islamic State’s trafficking in religious artifacts is both to make money and to culturally cleanse the region. The Islamic militants have converted churches in Qaraqosh and other Iraqi cities into torture chambers, according to the Sunday Times. One priest from the region, who gave his name as Abu Aasi from Mosul, told the... Continue Reading
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