Several commenters have replied to my piece concerning the Pope’s attack on capitalism. The strongest of these point out the tendency of some capitalist economies (particularly ours, of late) toward monopolies, government enterprises, and a general “bigness” that colludes with government. My response is that all these things constitute a perversion of capitalism, not its [...]
Faith and Culture
My friend Jennifer Wortham posted to Facebook this article called “Are Women Less Ambitious? Confessions of a Corporate Dropout“. A very good read in its own right, she introduced it as follows: For my sisters who think the numbers tell a story of oppression. No. It’s everything but. Let women be who they want to [...]
We need to remember — and some of us just need to learn — how sensitive some people still are about race: not in the “chip on shoulder” sense many imagine (and sometimes encounter), but in the downtrodden, fear of rejection sense that wearies the soul and brings lifelong hurt. You’ll see what I mean. [...]
Obviously, most people will feel obligated to at least say they’re going to see 42, the Jackie Robinson movie. But you really should go see it. Twice or more. With as many friends as you can take with you. 42 shows much more than the integration of baseball, or the struggles and successes of the [...]
Several people have asked me what the issues are as the Supreme Court hears arguments regarding California’s Proposition 8, by which the people amended their state constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman (i.e., the position of pretty much the entire civilized world for the last couple thousand years or so). [...]
I have written extensively on the subject of abortion and often on anniversaries of Roe v. Wade (how odd that, through these many years, I, like many others, get to be friends with “Jane Roe” (Norma McCorvey), now a redeemed Christian and a crusader for the unborn). But nothing I could write matches the simple [...]
The Southern Baptist Convention is the only major denomination ever to go liberal and come back. Perverse as it may seem to some, Roe v. Wade in a very real sense started “the Conservative Resurgence” which removed the liberals from power and their agendas from the mission field and our seminaries. The short history below [...]
Very important. The Gospel IS adoption: the New Testament repeats this again and again. Christ did not die to make us servants only, but sons and daughters, of whom He Himself is the first, the “only begotten” (or natural) Son. We are co-heirs with Christ, we have access to the Father which is precisely like [...]
I have not entitled this op-ed “What the Election Meant”. That might be a bit grandiose for the day after. But November 6, 2012 definitely taught us some things we must not ignore. First and possibly foremost, stuff happens. In this case it was a hurricane. Sandy kept Mitt Romney off TV for five crucial [...]
So no sooner did I blog this story about the new Stanford University study debunking organic food and virtually all the claims made for it, than up pops this item, showing plainly how Obama’s “green” energy policies are devastating the poorest among us. So yet again: the Earth Worship movement is for the hippie flower-child [...]
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