Cross Purposes

Last year Oregon citizens voted in a state-wide referendum to raise state taxes for those making over $250,000 a year. Kevin Looper, on...

A good definition of "idol" is any thing that takes the place of God in our thinking. We talk about people whose idols are their...

Libertarians: anarchists lacking the courage of their convictions.

Ayn Rand is in the news again. Rep. Paul Ryan, author of the 2012 Republican budget, has credited the ideas of that budget to his idol, Ay...

Stephen Prothero published a thoughtful blog on our culture's "disposable Jesus." http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/11/my-...

"All Things Considered" today read a letter from a listener who enjoyed a recent news-story. The writer said he was a gun-owning L...

I've talked before about the demonic "philosophy" of Ayn Rand, and her pervasive influence on the "conservative" mov...

It was announced last night that Osama Bin Laden has been killed by American military forces. The news this morning showed jubilant crowds i...

I can't remember what book it was: some Christian best-seller the class had decided to study: and I admit I was a reluctant participant....

It always takes me a while to work through problems, to their root. This one has taken even longer than usual; but I may have reached some ...