America and Optimism
“The present is getting better. The future, not at all.” So begins a recent New York Times article about a Pew study that shows the public adopting a rather dim outlook. “Even as more Americans say...
ABC Calls ADF a Hate Group
Senator James Lankford (R-OK) sent a letter to the president of ABC News, James Goldston, Monday expressing “serious concern” over an ABC article that labeled the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a n...
Young pastors in the church?
As the average pastor grows older in America, churches say they are struggling to find young Christians who want to become future pastors, according to a new study from Barna Research.Today, half of A...
The Root Behind Millennial Misconception
1 August 2017 – The wisdom, experience, energy and ideals of the old and the young are vital to realizing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres...
The Effects of Fatherlessness
New research shows how the loss of a father significantly affects children — at the level of their DNA, shortening the ends of their chromosomes.Kids who were raised without a dad have much shorter te...
Manhood in the Eyes of Millennial Men
The Trump administration is certainly giving us an education in the varieties of wannabe manliness.There is the slovenly “I don’t care what you think” manliness of Steve Bannon. There’s the look-at-me...
Broken
Before Jesus broke the bread, he blessed it. In the age of social media, where our lives are curated to show only our best and most beautiful selves, it is easy to believe we are the only ones who are...
Trump announces ban on transgender people in U.S. military
Trump bans transgender troops President Trump announced that transgender troops would not be allowed to serve in the military on July 26, reversing the Pentagon's 2016 decision to lift the ban.(Jenny...
A Life Unworthy?
So I just saw Dunkirk. For a review of it as a movie, see Jonathan Leaf’s lovely essay over at SCENES. Leaf says: “This is surely the best Hollywood war movie since Master and Commander. It may be an...
Bipartisan Dishonesty
The story of health care policy this week, this month and for the last decade (at least) has been a tale of partisan folly. But fear not, this isn't another earnest pundit's lament for the vital cente...
The Left’s Hamburger Problem
Josh Barro & Democrats’ ‘Hamburger Problem’: Liberal Judgment Guarantees Political Failure Progressives have a problem: They ladle unto every decision, even the most mundane and trifling one, an u...
Trump Speech and Universalism
Before I address the text of Donald Trump’s speech yesterday in Poland, it’s worth pulling up two quotes from our two previous presidents. These quotes, I think, encapsulate the difference between the...
