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February 2009

February 23, 2009

The Second Table of the Law

More in our series on THE SMALL CATECHISM. The first group of commandments is about...

February 20, 2009

The First Table of the Law

Our series on the Small Catechism will now turn to Luther's explanation of the First...

February 17, 2009

Virtual depravity

Amazon will no longer sell a computer game called Rapelay: In Rapelay, gamers direct a...

February 11, 2009

Rights for Machines

Yesterday we had a post about an ethical movement to treat not just animals but...

February 10, 2009

The dignity of animals & plants, but not human life

Michael Cook at Salvo Magazine tells about the latest developments in the Swiss crusade for...

February 04, 2009

Willing to back down

President Obama said he'll pull back the "Buy American" provisions in the stimulus package after...

January 2009

January 22, 2009

Why do liberals support abortion?

I know the usual arguments--that women should have the right to control their own bodies...

January 12, 2009

Theology of the Cross and the Problem of Evil (#6)

Our final installment of our consideration of Carl Trueman's article Luther's Theology of the Cross:...

January 08, 2009

Theology of the Cross: Good Works & Vocation (#4)

Still more from Carl Trueman's article Luther's Theology of the Cross: Luther does not restrict...

January 05, 2009

Darwinism’s pygmy in the zoo

In the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," the protagonist befriends an African pygmy...

December 2008

December 29, 2008

Pay-for-play

Everyone is shocked by Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich and his blatant attempt to sell Barack...

December 23, 2008

The grandma who brought down Blagojevich

The Washington Post has a good article on how the unbelievable political corruption in Illinois--which...

December 16, 2008

Why Protestants should attend to Vatican’s pro-life guidelines

The Vatican has released a new, authoritative document on the ethics of in vitro fertilization...

December 15, 2008

Wall Street fund as Ponzi scam

Bernard Madoff--a major Wall Street money manager, former president of NASDAQ, and a pioneer of...

December 12, 2008

Politics as organized crime

Why and how did the good people of Illinois, a staunch midwestern state, elect Rod...

December 08, 2008

Foreclosed homes for the homeless

A new form of philanthropy, a new way of doing good with other people's property!...

December 05, 2008

The happiness contagion

A study has found that happiness really is contagious. Unhappiness is not. I'm tempted to...

December 02, 2008

Teenagers’ dishonesty

A new study reveals the extent to which high school students are lying, stealing, and...

November 2008

November 12, 2008

Liberal politics plus conservative morality & vice versa

The media is puzzled that Americans overwhelmingly elected Barack Obama and other Democrats, while overwhelmingly...

November 07, 2008

Salacious TV linked to teen pregnancy

In another scientific study of what would seem perfectly obvious, researchers have found a strong...

November 06, 2008

Elections shoot down gay marriage

Voters set back gay marriage. In California, where courts had legalized the practice, a referendum...

October 2008

October 22, 2008

Legalizing prostitution

From an AP report, San Francisco weighs decriminalizing prostitution: In this live-and-let-live town, where medical...

October 16, 2008

The moral challenge of the economic crisis

My colleague Mark Mitchell, a government professor at Patrick Henry College and currently a visiting...

October 03, 2008

Playoff thoughts

Well, the Cubs and the Brewers are both one game away from elimination. My team,...

September 2008

September 25, 2008

Jordin Sparks defies her peers

At the MTV music awards, one of the hosts, British comedian Russell Brand, amused the...

September 09, 2008

How to argue rightly?

tODD raises an important point. In case you missed his comment on the "Why the...

August 2008

August 28, 2008

Biden’s plagiarisms

This is not from a conservative screed but "Slate Magazine": The wacky plagiarisms of Joe...

August 22, 2008

Dog morality

Maybe there is something to the Mowgli/Romulus/Remus legend. SeeFemale dog rescues abandoned baby, takes child...

August 21, 2008

Russia threatens the U.S. base in Poland

Russia warns of response to US missile shield: Russia says its response to the further...

August 20, 2008

Tainted money

A man won $6 million in the Florida lottery. Doubtless grateful to God, he wanted...