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August 2014

August 15, 2014

Ann Coulter’s Absurd Defense

Peter Wehner wrote an excellent response to Ann Coulter's recent column on Dr. Kent Brantly....

August 08, 2014

Ann Coulter’s Casual Cruelty

Editor's Note: I am grateful now as always for a guest post from my esteemed...

July 2014

July 06, 2014

Faint Praise for PEPFAR

I do not deny the reality of such stories, nor do I discount the value...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

Christian Faith and the AIDS Crisis

The global AIDS initiative qualifies as one of the great moral stories, one of the...

April 2014

April 23, 2014

Remembering James R. Schlesinger

Hard-charging Cabinet member served three presidents, but conversion to Christianity mellowed him as he aged....

April 02, 2014

Understanding a More Religious and Assertive Russia

A very important and informative article by my friend Mark Tooley. * By Mark Tooley...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

Where Franklin Graham Has Gone Wrong

I'm always pleased to publish a post by the esteemed Peter Wehner. * By Peter...

March 12, 2014

Speak Softly, Conservatives

I've become a friend and collaborator with the Values and Capitalism project at the American...

February 2014

February 10, 2014

Ronald Reagan’s Legacy & the Religious Right

I'm grateful to my friend Mark Tooley for sharing this article. His bio is at...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

What I Am Not Thankful For

From Johnnie Moore: America’s view of its own elected Congress has declined so dramatically that now,...

September 2013

September 19, 2013

Syria, War and America’s Christians

By Mark Tooley The prospect of U.S. military action against Syria’s dictatorship has unusually...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Loud on Poverty, Quiet on Abortion: The Danger of Selective Theonomy

My friend Rob Schwarzwalder from the Family Research Council offers the following guest post this...

December 2012

December 19, 2012

Breakfast Links for 12/19/12 – Death, Mortality and Sandy Hook; Mary and Abortion; Expectations and Testing

BREAKFAST LINKS 12/19/12: Frank Viola, Patheos/Frank Viola: “Jesus did not meet John’s expectations. If you’ve...

December 06, 2012

The Folly of Courting the Black Vote

Recently I've enjoyed getting to know Mark Goldblatt, who teaches religious history in New York...

December 05, 2012

Would Jesus Fight a Legal Battle Against Same-Sex Marriage?

Recently I asked, "Is it Time for Evangelicals to Stop Opposing Gay Marriage?" I followed...

December 03, 2012

How Gay Marriage Really Theatens Religious Freedom

Recently I asked whether evangelicals should consider, while holding fast to their views on God's design...

November 2012

November 27, 2012

Sex, God and Politics

Is sex more satisfying for conservative women? Or are liberal women just making an idol...

November 16, 2012

Samuel Rodriguez: Partisan Extremist?

Samuel Rodriguez, President of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, has his detractors. Is he...

October 2012

October 18, 2012

Four Reasons Why a Candidate’s Faith Matters – And Why This Helps Romney

If Robert Jeffress—who famously called Mormonism a “cult” and Romney “not a Christian”—had merely urged...

October 16, 2012

Why We Need More Religion in Politics, Not Less

Last week I received another expression of a very common sentiment in the comments box...

October 04, 2012

Five Surprising Responses to the First Presidential Debate

Romney was the clear winner of the first Presidential debate tonight. He answered questions about...

September 2012

September 29, 2012

Is “I Don’t Know” Political Suicide?

At a meal recently with two men who were older and much wiser than myself,...

September 28, 2012

The Shady Ethics of ‘The Obama Phone’

UPDATE: The story gets even weirder. See the update below. By now, most of my...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

Five Observations from Romney’s Convention Speech

A hearty congratulations to everyone involved in the Romney campaign for the smashing success of...

August 31, 2012

Barack Obama, the Empty Stool

Clint Eastwood's metaphor was correct: the Barack Obama that was promised in 2008 never made...

August 30, 2012

Romney at the RNC: From the Audacity of Hype to the Tenacity of Hope

Everyone is asking what Governor Romney should say when he addresses the Republican National Convention...

August 30, 2012

Which Candidates Are More Generous – and Why it Matters

Editor's Note: The following is a guest post from my friend Josh Good of the...

August 30, 2012

Sikh Ye First

It was a thoughtful gesture to invite Ishwar Singh, president of the Sikh Society of...

August 29, 2012

Does Romney’s Mormon Faith – or Obama’s Muslim Faith – Really Matter?

JUST KIDDING. I know that President Obama is not Muslim. I think. I mean, he...

August 29, 2012

Is Rape Rape?

It's a remarkable but unsurprising thing that a relatively unknown Congressman from Missouri's "legitimate rape"...

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