Over a century and a half ago the great French political economist Frederic Bastiat penned a terrific little essay entitled “The Petition of the Candlemakers”.…
By now most of you would have heard about the outrageous proposal to build a mosque at Ground Zero. Late in May it was announced…
Some folks have declared April 1 to be National Atheist Day. Be that as it may, in the past four or five years a spate…
In 1973 American psychiatrist Karl Menninger penned a book with the intriguing title, Whatever Became of Sin? Good question. But we now know in part…
It is a commonplace tactic for those who do not have a leg to stand on regarding the facts and evidence to simply ignore the…
Good intentions are seldom sufficient in and of themselves. Often a person can mean well, but still end up doing a lot of mischief. Consider…
Be forewarned. Coulter is conservatism’s pit bull terrier. And as a pit bull, she goes straight for the jugular. No niceties, no tact, no diplomacy,…
While in Canberra recently, I had time to stroll into the local ABC Shop. Much of the content of these shops, of course, can be…
You need to be aware of this key Christian thinker: The important and incisive Catholic writer and social commentator Anthony Esolen is well worth being…
Isaiah is the first of the major prophets and one of the most important. His ministry took place before the Babylonian exile of 587 B.C.…
The militant homosexual lobby has been on a search and destroy mission for decades now. And it has recently been joined by its twisted sister,…
In the culture wars the other side is proactive, hyper-active and ever-active, while our side is usually just asleep. The old joke about complacency applies…
The West need not worry about going up in a ball of fire as a result of a nuclear attack launched by North Korea. It…
OK, it’s been at least a week, so I am again far behind my regular “tolerance watch” updates. If you as much as blink, you…
Every once in a while I am asked what I am reading, so I usually produce a column such as this. Now for those folks…