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June 2024

June 14, 2024

Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the Stages of Subversion

Aayan Hirsi Ali draws on the work of a KGB defector who testified about Soviet...

June 13, 2024

New Atheist Richard Dawkins Debates Ayaan Hirsi Ali

In a debate with her New Atheist mentor Richard Dawkins, ex-Muslim, ex-atheist, new Christian convert...

June 05, 2024

The Woke Jihad

A puzzle about the campus protests in support of Hamas and in condemnation of Israel...

May 2024

May 13, 2024

Monday Miscellany, 5/13/24

Originally, the progressive Methodists were supposed to leave. Why the pro-Hamas protesters are targeting liberals....

May 10, 2024

The Nihilism Beneath the Surface

In questioning the reasons for their protests given by the anti-Israel demonstrators, Carl Trueman sees...

May 03, 2024

The Post-Liberal University

We shouldn't be surprised at the campus protests in support of Hamas terrorists over Israel,...

April 2024

April 30, 2024

From Intersectionality to “It’s All One Thing”

University campuses are exploding with protests not seen since the days of the Vietnam War....

April 26, 2024

Where Christianity Is Growing the Most

While Christianity seems to be in decline in the United States, Europe, and other industrialized...

April 09, 2024

A Problem When Muslims Convert to Christianity

Adult baptisms are surging in France. As many as 10-20% of those are reportedly coming...

December 2023

December 14, 2023

Instrumentalizing the Gospel

In the course of writing about Ayaan Hirsi Ali's conversion to Christianity, Carl Trueman raises...

November 2023

November 17, 2023

From Islam, to New Atheism, to Christianity

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is the Somali-Dutch activist and writer who, a cradle Muslim, has become...

October 2023

October 23, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 10/23/23

DeSantis evacuates Americans, Sweden is overrun with gang violence, and President Biden sells off half...

June 2023

June 26, 2023

Monday Miscellany, 6/26/23

Civil war breaks out in Russia, Muslims step up in the culture wars, and Christianity...

March 2023

March 09, 2023

Artificial Intelligence, the Golem, & the Genie

The development of artificial intelligence is filling many people with alarm, raising a host of...

February 2023

February 14, 2023

Political Conversions

Religious conversion generally has to do with spiritual transformation, personal commitment, theological conviction, and the...

November 2022

November 09, 2022

Muslims vs. Their Woke Allies

The Left considers Muslims to be an oppressed group and so supports them in the...

October 2022

October 14, 2022

Salvation by Dying in Battle

In support of Vladimir Putin's order to mobilize Russians for the war in Ukraine, the...

July 2022

July 20, 2022

An Islamic Take on LGBTQ Identity

A Muslim woman explains why a Muslim's identity can only be based on religion, not...

February 2022

February 17, 2022

Masks as Veils

As mask mandates are rescinded, some experts say that wearing masks should continue even after...

August 2021

August 23, 2021

A Critical Race Theory Take on Afghanistan

An article applies critical race theory to the war in Afghanistan and the victory of...

August 18, 2021

Alternatives in Afghanistan

There were alternatives to the chaotic pullout from Afghanistan: an orderly retreat, in which the...

August 16, 2021

Losing Another War

History is repeating itself as the Fall of Saigon is being replicated in the Fall...

July 2021

July 09, 2021

Christianity Surges in Iran

The number of Christians may be shrinking in the United States and Western Europe, but...

March 2021

March 23, 2021

Exporting America’s New Ideology

Time was, American ideas that were exported around the world had to do with freedom...

February 2021

February 09, 2021

Insurrection?

Trump supporters used to be portrayed as nationalists, as extreme patriots whose desire to "make...

November 2020

November 25, 2020

The Crises in the West and in Islam

The new spate of Islamic terrorism in France, due to more Charlie Hebdo cartoons, demonstrates...

August 2020

August 10, 2020

Why Aren’t the Other Slavers Getting Cancelled?

America is rightly criticized for its history of slavery. But slavers on an even bigger...

May 2020

May 27, 2020

Another Revision of Marriage: Utah Decriminalizes Polygamy

When same-sex marriage was legalized, many observers foresaw still more redefinitions of marriage. Now Utah,...

April 2020

April 24, 2020

Exterminating Christians in Nigeria

In what is being described as "genocide," two radical Islamic groups are slaughtering the Christians...

March 2020

March 03, 2020

Listen to Music as It Sounded in the Hagia Sophia 500 Years Ago

Science and the arts have worked together to recreate what music would have sounded like...