WSJ: Scare quotes for “religious freedom,” not for “gay rights”
For the second time in six weeks (the first time was here), I found a Wall Street Journal “news” story so biased as to merit focused condemnation. This time, the […]
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Daily Roundup April 2: Religious Freedom, Jihad Academies; down with Jeb and Hillary….
First, this cannot be stated strongly enough: The battles over religious liberty, in Indiana and elsewhere, are far more important in principle than the individual issues within each skirmish. If […]
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Palm Sunday Reflections
The story of Palm Sunday, and of the Passion (which is Palm Sunday’s traditional Gospel) reading, is all too familiar. So forgive, if you will, a non-traditional take on it, […]
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Daily Roundup, March 26: Jews and Christians, and black armadillos
I offer some wide-ranging reading today (just click on the red links). As usual, no endorsement of any particular idea is implied. Breaking the budget, by Ed Feulner. David Bossie, […]
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Sunday Reflections, March 22
The first lesson is Jeremiah, 31:31-34. The Psalm is 51:1-13. The epistle is Hebrews 5:5-10. The Gospel is John 12:20-33. There are so many threads in these readings to untie, […]
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Sunday Reflections, March 15
The first lesson is Numbers 21:4-9. The Psalm is 107: 1-3 and 17-22; the epistle is Ephesians 2:1-10. The Gospel is John 3:14-21. It has often been said, not without […]
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Sunday Reflections, March 8
The readings today are: Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19; I Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22. The first reading is the recounting of the Ten Commandments. The Gospel is the famous scene of […]
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Sunday Reflections, March 1
The readings today are: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Psalm 22:22-30; Romans 4:13-25; Mark 8: 31-38. The first three readings all revolve in some way around God’s promise to Abraham to make […]
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Standing up for law, the culture, and tradition
In one way or another, almost all of my columns (and blog posts) in recent weeks have involved defenses of longstanding traditions of law and culture. As usual, follow the […]
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Thank you, Iron Dome… in Israel
The photo here is of one of the Iron Dome anti-missile installations outside of Ashkelon, Israel. I stood about 80-100 yards away from this very unit yesterday, while getting a […]
