Commentary on religion
The Book of Job is not a part of the Bible one usually associates with Christmas. This is not just because it is in the Old Testament; The Book of Isaiah figures very prominently in the Christmas story, and it is an Old Testament book. Nor is it because The Book of Job pretty thoroughly … Read more Job: a Christmas meditation
Liberals and the establishment news media were practically giddy with joy last week when they thought they had caught Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell in a major gaffe. “Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state?”, asked O’Donnell during a debate with the Democrat nominee Chris Coons. The audience of law … Read more Liberals and the establishment clause
A reader recently sent me a link to the following article that appeared in t r u t h o u t, an on-line publication its editors describe as “devoted to equality, democracy, human rights, accountability and social justice” — in other words, devoted to promoting a secular, leftist political agenda. The article was about … Read more Christian Reconstruction: the Left’s new bogeyman