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July 2013

July 23, 2013

The First Amendment is going out of style

According to a recent study, more and more Americans--on some issues a majority of them--no...

July 15, 2013

Zimmerman found “not guilty”

George Zimmerman was found not guilty of the murder of the African-American youth Trayvon Martin,...

July 04, 2013

Truths no longer self-evident

Part of the genius of the Declaration of Independence, whose passage we celebrate today, is...

July 02, 2013

Businesses have religious liberty rights

A court stopped the imposition of fines being levied on Hobby Lobby for refusing to...

July 01, 2013

New rules for contraception mandate

Religious organizations have objected to the Obamacare requirement that the health insurance they give their...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

Green lawmaking by executive order

President Obama, being unable to get his environmental and anti-global warming agenda through Congress, has...

June 27, 2013

Other consequences of the gay marriage rulings

The Supreme Court rulings supporting gay marriage have other consequences. According to Thomas Peters, "these...

June 26, 2013

Supreme Court rules in favor of gay marriage

The Supreme Court ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act, defining marriage for the purposes...

June 25, 2013

Obama dissed by Snowden’s escape

China and Russia both gave NSA-whistleblower Edward Snowden safe passage on his way to asylum...

June 20, 2013

House passes bill banning abortions after 20 weeks

The House of Representatives voted to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, the point...

June 18, 2013

Taxes as a means of control

The Constitution limits the federal government's power, but it does give Congress the power to...

June 14, 2013

Human genes can’t be patented

In a rare unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court ruled that human genes cannot be patented. ...

June 12, 2013

Defending the Surveillance programs

Most of the discussion on this blog about the government's program to monitor phone calls...

June 11, 2013

A Patriot or a Traitor?

Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former CIA employee who has been working with an intelligence contractor,...

June 10, 2013

Church of England does the best it can on gay marriage

The Church of England has been opposing gay marriage, but votes in Parliament demonstrate that...

June 07, 2013

The Surveillance State

The federal government has been monitoring the phone calls of some 10 million Verizon subscribers...

June 04, 2013

Supremes give police access to your DNA

It takes a warrant for the police to search your house or tap your phone. ...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

What is a dog worth?

If a dog is killed through someone's negligence, is the owner entitled to compensation for...

May 22, 2013

Immigration deal reached

The Senate reached a bipartisan deal on immigration reform. The measure must now go to...

May 16, 2013

Should you be able to buy a car online?

It's illegal to buy a car direct from the factory or over the internet. You...

May 15, 2013

Court rules against German homeschoolers

The German government threatened to take away the children of a couple on the grounds...

May 15, 2013

“A dagger at the heart” of a free press

Maybe we need to start worrying about those black helicopters after all. The Obama administration...

May 15, 2013

Abortionist to get life in prison

Kermit Gosnell, the abortionist found guilty of murder, will not be executed. He agreed not...

May 14, 2013

Abortionist convicted of first degree murder

After 10 days of deliberation, the jury found abortionist Kermit Gosnell guilty of capital murder...

May 08, 2013

Gay marriage and state tyranny

English theologian John Milbank gives a different argument against gay marriage. He says it will...

May 06, 2013

Military will allow evangelism but not proselytizing

Responding to the uproar about the prospect for court martials for evangelism that we blogged...

May 02, 2013

Court martial for evangelism?

How persecution begins: The Pentagon has released a statement confirming that soldiers could be prosecuted...

April 2013

April 25, 2013

News & updates

Somebody hacked into the Twitter account of the Associated Press, no less, and put out...

April 24, 2013

Repercussions of the Boston bombings

I suspect that the Boston Marathon bombings may complicate the two big issues facing Congress...

April 22, 2013

CSI, Boston

Here is a fascinating account of the police work that led to the identification and...