By Dave Dentel
In the campaign to ratify the U.S. Constitution, one argument advanced by proponents of the document is that it would create a stronger federal government better equipped to defend the nascent republic from foreign belligerents.
The prescience of this thesis is borne out in Ian W. Toll’s book, Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Foundation of the U.S. Navy.
Continue reading “Book Chronicles How Early Navy Embodied Constitution’s Defense of Common Rights”
Continue reading “Saving the Planet from People: Book Chronicles “Fatal Cult of Anti-humanism””
Civil strife has been blamed on Christians since the days of Rome.
Christians with mouths agape at being made to share the guilt for the recent massacre at a gay nightclub in Florida would do well to consult history.
Continue reading “Same Old Story: Blame the Carnage on Christians”
Some of my co-workers abandon office comforts
in order to wait for a spot to a Supreme Court case.
Even now, several of my officemates are camped outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in hopes of getting seats to tomorrow’s arguments in the latest Obamacare religious liberty appeal.
Continue reading “Standing (in a Long Line) for Religious Freedom”
In their haste to denounce Indiana’s religious freedom law (before it was revised) as a license to discriminate, critics not only threatened a treasured American principle, they lost sight of a fundamental truth about human nature.
To paraphrase the insurance commercial: People discriminate. It’s what they do.
Continue reading “Religious Freedom and the Right to Discriminate”
Nothing about this is funny.
Not counting the perpetrators, some 16 French citizens lie dead, including several singled out and executed presumably in revenge for offending Islam.
Continue reading “Charlie Hebdo Massacre no Redemption Story”
Slapping down heretics: St. Nicholas, the prototype of Santa Claus, got away with it at the Council of Nicea. But I wouldn’t recommend it nowadays—no matter how provoked you feel.
Time: Atheist Organization Decks Billboards with Christmas Jeer
Orlando Sentinel: Ban Displays at Capitol, Close Door to Absurdities
Washington Post: Did historical Jesus Really Exist? The Evidence Just doesn’t Add up.
Washington Post: Forget Santa Claus, Virginia. Was there a Jesus Christ?
Golden-throated crooners may tell us it’s the most wonderful time of the year, but informed Christians know better: The approach of Christmas also means the emergence of anti-yuletide cranks.
Continue reading “Ignore the Godless Grinches. Jesus is for Real.”
Brittany Maynard was young, lovely, vibrant. Now she is dead by her own hand.
Continue reading “Celebrated Suicide Means It’s Too Late to Rage”
Dear Muslim Leaders:
You may not have noticed it, but recent news items out of several Islamic countries recounting efforts to enforce religious laws have been horrifying.
In Iran, several young men and women were jailed for making a video of themselves dancing together. In Sudan, a wife and mother has been sentenced to die for being a Christian. And in Pakistan, yet another young wife and expectant mother was stoned to death allegedly for the sake of her family’s honor.
Continue reading “Muslim Leaders: Want Your People to Please God? Try a Little Mercy.”
