The New Republic has an excellent article outlining what may be one of Democrat presidential wannabe Howard Dean's fatal flaws. As conversion stories go, Dean's hardly conforms to the conventions of the genre. Rather than show how religion helped him to change his life--see, again, Bush overcoming the bottle--it shows how a conflict in everyday […]
Today's New York Times has a follow-up piece on Democrat presidential hopeful Howard Dean's cynical-appearing plan to talk more about his "faith" in the more-religious Southern states. Dr. Dean recently told an audience in Iowa that he prayed daily. On the plane he declined to detail his prayer ritual but described how a 2002 trip […]
The Right Reverend John Bryson Chane, bishop of Washington, D.C.'s National Cathedral gave one doozy of a Christmas sermon. The subject of the sermon was miracles. The Wrong Reverend listed some of God's miracles. Some would say that God does not exist, Jesus was a dreamer and that Christmas and Christ's birth and living presence […]
The Boston Globe has a piece on Democrat presidential candidate Howard Dean's own "Southern Strategy" to emphasize his Christianity. Now, I try to do my best not to judge other people's faith, so I won't really comment on the substance of what Dean says in the Globe article. However, Dean did post his "holiday" message […]
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he […]
France is considering a law that would ban Muslim girls from wearing (the required) headscarves at public schools. In the interest of fair treatment, also banned would be "ostentatious" or "large" crosses, crucifixes, yarmukles and the Star of David. Of course, what is "large" or "ostentatious" is always open to interpretation. While a headscarf or […]
Christopher Johnson has been doing an excellent job over at the Midwest Conservative Journal covering the fallout from the Episcopal Church's decision that all that stuff in the Bible about homosexuality is just outdated moralizing that God wasn't really serious about. The latest: The Anglican Church in Uganda (the Episcopal Church is the American branch […]
Don Feder has a good article over at Frontpagemag.com on former Labor Secretary Robert Reich's "War" on evangelical Christians. Feder makes an insightful point on the debate over what level of religious speech is insightful in the public square: Liberals like Reich are engaged in monumental historical revisionism. The ex-Clintonista seems to be saying that […]
When the last installment of the Rings trilogy, "The Return of the King," comes out next week, I'll be watching it in the theater. But the actor who plays Gollum, Andy Serkis, is officially on my list. If there was any doubt that Hollywood celebs live in their own arrogant, elitist self-worshiping world, this is […]
The Supreme Court yesterday heard oral arguments in the case of a Washington State student who received a merit scholarship that was rescinded after he decided to major in pastoral ministry. In the past, the court has decided that vouchers could legally be awarded to students, even if the students used those vouchers to attend […]