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October 2016

October 07, 2016

Lennonism

Michael Barone says that many in our cultural and political elite follow the tenets of...

October 06, 2016

“Liturgy shaming” for “liturgical abuse”

Many Catholics are indulging in "liturgy shaming" as a response to "liturgical abuse." That is, they...

October 06, 2016

Bisexuals overtake gays and lesbians in UK

The number of bisexuals has shot up 45%, according to a study in Great Britain....

October 06, 2016

Pence in 2020?

The strong performance of Mike Pence in the Vice-presidential debate makes him a leading candidate...

October 05, 2016

Solo scriptura vs. sola scriptura

A new study of evangelicals has found a surprising amount of out-and-out heresy when it...

October 05, 2016

U.S. no longer makes the “free country” top 10 list

The United States is no longer in the top 10 of the world's most free...

October 05, 2016

Vice-presidential debate post-mortem

So who won the Vice-presidential debate? Did the debate change your mind about either ticket?...

October 04, 2016

The Tradinistas

A group of mostly young Catholics is emphasizing both leftwing economics AND conservative theology and morals. (See our...

October 04, 2016

Make the Hyde Amendment permanent

Even the majority of those who believe in abortion agree that taxpayers shouldn't have to...

October 04, 2016

Vice-presidential candidates debate tonight

I recently read a letter to the editor that praised both vice presidential candidates. ...

October 03, 2016

Religion replaces sex on the Banned Book list

Last week was Banned Books Week, the American Library Association's tribute to books they get...

October 03, 2016

NY Times illegally published Trump’s tax returns

The New York Times published three pages from Donald Trump's state tax returns for 1995. They show...

October 03, 2016

Question for Colin Kaepernick

My cousin Bob Foote has a question for Colin Kaepernick and other athletes protesting the...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

A Lutheran take on exorcism and the demonic

We've blogged about a Lutheran exorcist. A new book from Concordia Publishing House offers a...

September 30, 2016

Both parties have abandoned free trade

Whoever gets elected president will oppose free trade. In fact, both parties are rivaling each...

September 30, 2016

The empire of beer

Right at a year ago, we posted Megabrewery--no, Gigabrewery about a proposed merger between the multinational...

September 29, 2016

Another candidate for the anti-Christ

Some Christian leaders are saying that "globalism" is the anti-Christ. Some are further saying that...

September 29, 2016

Overriding Obama’s veto so victims can sue Saudi Arabia

Congress passed a bill allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia for enabling some of its...

September 29, 2016

ESV will be open to revision after all

Crossway recently announced that a new revision of the English Standard Version (ESV) translation of...

September 28, 2016

Don’t give them the Gospel?

We often assume that if we could only find the right way to reach those...

September 28, 2016

Keeping our promises

First Things editor Alexi Sargeant says that "Trump's policies, such as they are, usually come down...

September 28, 2016

Family Vocation, revisted

It's very gratifying for a writer to hear from a reader who "gets" what the...

September 27, 2016

Death of a vocation warrior

I've been in Texas quite a bit this summer and was introduced to the HEB...

September 27, 2016

Pro-abortion Catholics

Pro-abortion Catholics--members of "Catholics for Choice"--are running ads promoting their position, calling abortion a "social...

September 27, 2016

Debate post-mortem

Well, what did you think of the first presidential debate? Who won, and in what...

September 26, 2016

Liveblog the debate right here

Use the comments at this post to react to this first presidential debate between Hillary...

September 26, 2016

Teaching predestination at Berkeley

The New York Times has a fascinating article by Berkeley history professor Jonathan Sheehan about...

September 26, 2016

Tonight’s great debate

Tonight at 9:00 ET, presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will debate each other....

September 26, 2016

Suspect in mall shootings arrested

On Friday, someone shot up a Macy's make-up counter in Burlington, Washington, killing four women--aged...

September 23, 2016

Garrison Keillor and the test of a good religion

Garrison Keillor has stepped away from Prairie Home Companion. Ethan McCarthy discusses his depiction of...