Cross Purposes

Can't remember exactly when I first heard of abortion, and was forced to think about what that is. It was probably in the late '60s...

We all know human organizations work better by being smaller and more efficient. But we also know that in partisans' mouths "smal...

The human ideas on which communism operates are false and evil. Our scriptural faith is that evil will NOT triumph. Where then is the ...

I've been part of a spirited discussion on a Christian site about illegal aliens. People mostly repeated Fox News anecdotes, and mouthed...

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...