Good without God? Not in the Long Run
I see regularly the slogan from the American Humanists Association: “Good Without God.” And I think….well, maybe for a while,...
2016 Columns
The Coming Battle Over the Supreme Court
Here’s a true Rip Van Winkle story. Jeremiah Denton, an American pilot who was captured in Vietnam in 1965, returned...
Thomas Paine and “Common Sense”
Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense in 1776. It is not anti-Christian, as some of his later writings are. For example,...
See Something, Say Nothing?
I miss George W. Bush. There, I said it. I know one could come up with a list of his...
The New Three Branches of Government
We have transitioned away from the traditional three branches of government---the legislative, the executive, and the judicial---to a new form...
Centuries of Marriage
The cover story of the upcoming TIME magazine (6/13/16) is “How to Stay Married (and Why).” Marriage does matter, despite...
10 Reasons State-Sanctioned Atheism Is Out of Step with Our American Traditions
The University of Miami has now announced a chair for the study of atheism. In another recent story, an atheist...
The Other Side of the Vietnam Story
Another Memorial Day has come and gone. Interestingly, President Obama just visited Vietnam to help solidify our formerly strained...
The Lost Art of Bible Meditation
We have lost the great art of Bible meditation today, and we are the poorer for it. In 1987, newsman...