Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
All the Married Ladies: A Response to Kate Bolick
Ever wonder how Conservative women compare with their feminist counterparts?
My latest piece is up at the newly launched politicalistas.com today: a response to The Atlantic’s November cover article.
Though I was deep in the throes of giving birth, I couldn’t help smiling at the nurse’s shocked...
November 16th, 2011 | Conservative/Liberal, Culture, Family Issues, Featured, Philosophy, Politics, Social Experiments, Worldviews | Read More
Welcome Home, Gilad Shalit.
Gilad Shalit was welcomed home today after five long years in the Hamas prison system. (The Telegraph is live-blogging his homecoming for those interested.)
The 477 Palestinian prisoners who were freed today in exchange for Shalit are also celebrating their own homecoming, albeit under different circumstances....
October 18th, 2011 | Culture, Featured, Foreign Affairs, Global War on Terrorism, Human Rights, Other, Other Religions, Politics, Religion, Social Justice | Read More
What if Spock Was Right: Gilad Shalit, the Many, and the One
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas announced yesterday that Gilad Shalit, the young Israeli soldier held captive by Hamas since 2006, will be released.
In exchange for Shalit’s freedom, more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, hundreds of them convicted terrorists, will also be released.
The...
October 12th, 2011 | Culture, Featured, Foreign Affairs, Global War on Terrorism, Human Rights, Judaism, Politics, Religion, Social Justice | Read More
All For One, Not One For All: Thoughts on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy
“It is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”
This age-old attitude is at the heart of the drama in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy, which begins with the international best-seller, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
A confession:...
October 11th, 2011 | Art & Literature, Book Reviews, Culture, Ethics, Human Rights, Media, Moral Philosophy, Social Justice | Read More
US Support for Yousef Nadarkhani Grows as Iran Denies Its Own Apostasy Charges
In a move more reminiscent of a badly regulated nursery than of a foreign power, Iranian officials have now denied that Yousef Nadarkhani is to be executed on charges of apostasy.
Instead, the young Iranian Christian will be executed on charges of rape, treason, and Zionism. Maybe.
Or maybe not; a statement...
October 4th, 2011 | Culture, Evangelicals, Featured, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Other Religions, Politics, Religion, Religious Liberty, Social Justice, The Gospel | Read More
The Irvine 11: Pity They Settled For So Little
The verdict was just announced a few hours ago, but, predictably, the Irvine 11 have already been turned into hero-martyrs all over the web. Though there’s no knowing yet whether the students involved planned this kind of treatment for themselves, their website and twitter stream make it appear that...
September 23rd, 2011 | Foreign Affairs, Global War on Terrorism, Other, Other Religions, Politics, Religion | Read More
Social Justice, the Body of Christ, and the Reputation of Christians
Over at the Huffington Post, Zach Hunter has written a piece about his work in the area of human trafficking. At only 19–and having started his ministry when he was only 12–his track record likely puts many other believers to shame, so to speak. In this article, he speaks on the theological...
September 21st, 2011 | Evangelicals, Featured, Protestant, Religion, Social Justice | Read More
A Complicated Remembrance
The tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks snuck up on me. For one thing, we’re still calling them the September 11th attacks, as if it happened within the calendar year and all we need is the day and month for reference. Like many far more eloquent writers have said this week, the attacks...
September 12th, 2011 | Culture, Education, Global War on Terrorism, History, Politics | Read More
Ten Years and Thirteen Hundred Feet
Approximately ten and a half years ago, I visited New York City. I was living on the East Coast, where I had been for most of the time that I could remember, but was soon to be moving to the Mid-West. Since we would be leaving during the summer, my family decided to make the trip to see New York City,...
September 10th, 2011 | Featured, Global War on Terrorism, Other Religions, Politics, Religion | Read More
America! Exceptional! For Goodness’ Sake!
As I went through public school, I heard all about America the melting pot, the New World refuge for victims of persecution or economic hardship, the “city on a hill” of democracy. In church I heard all about how our Christian founding fathers wanted a nation where they could freely worship God and...
September 8th, 2011 | Domestic Policy, Foreign Affairs, Other, Politics | Read More
