This is an instructive article about people who self-describe as “evangelicals”: Thanks to data compiled by the Association of Religious Data Archives, we have a very good sense of how many people in a given locale regularly attend church. By … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a slightly edited repeat of a previous post.] This evening is the beginning of the Jewish holiday Passover. In recent years whenever I’ve attended a Seder, I’ve been impressed by the fact that Passover is a religious … Continue reading →
Get ready for something unusual: I’m going to defend Donald Trump. At least, a little bit. Yesterday Trump said something that was immediately pounced on by many listeners as being un-Christian: WHAM 1180 AM radio host Bob Lonsberry asked the … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Part I can be found here.] I ended Part I with the idea that I would write a Part II that offered some suggestions on how to deal with the problem posed by moderate Muslims vs. jihadis. It’s not … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is Part I of a two-part series.] A short while ago I wrote this about the so-called “moderate Muslims”: Islam may not have moderate branches, but there are moderate Muslims who are good citizens of this country and … Continue reading →
I can’t remember any campaign in my lifetime in which any candidate has questioned another candidate’s religious sincerity. I’m old enough to remember that JFK’s Catholicism was an issue for some people, but Nixon certainly never mentioned it. Same of … Continue reading →
Here’s an interesting article in Foreign Policy on the situation facing Sweden in its attempt to absorb the recent wave of Syrian/Iraqi/Afghan newcomers. Reading the first third or so of the article almost made me stop reading it. Although the … Continue reading →
No surprise here, but still very chilling: [ISIS] has reportedly issued a chilling threat to launch terror attacks in Spain, declaring: ‘We will recover our land from the invaders.’ The jihadists have long made it their goal to expand their … Continue reading →
I have an article at American Thinker today, entitled “Donald Trump and freedom of speech: he’s no champion.” It discusses the recent attempt by some members of the British Parliament to ban Trump for “hate speech,” and compares it with … Continue reading →
I’ve seen a lot of talk about this answer of Rubio’s, so I thought I’d post it here:
Continue reading →The recent sexual gropings in the New Year’s Eve crowds in various European capitals, apparently perpetrated by gangs of Muslim men on local women, have thrown Europe’s progressives into turmoil. They are being presented with the dilemma of choosing between … Continue reading →
There’s been a discussion in the comments section about the attitude of the Founders towards Islam, and how it relates to freedom of religion, and I thought I’d add some background. At the outset, when the principles of freedom of … Continue reading →