DR. PAUL KENGOR: THE HOLIEST WEEK
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared in The American Spectator. For Christians, Holy Week truly is the most holy week of the year. Or at least it…...
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DR. GLENN MARSCH: REMEMBERING DR. JOHN C. POLKINGHORNE
I was saddened to hear of the death, at age 90, of Rev. Dr. John C. Polkinghorne. An incredibly distinguished scholar, he held so many titles that it was impossible…...
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
A VICTORY FOR CAMPUS RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: THE CASE OF CHIKE UZUEGBUNAM
Chike Uzuegbunam was a student at Georgia Gwinnett College, a public institution in Lawrenceville, Georgia, when he decided to witness about his Christian faith to fellow students on campus. He…...
Tuesday, March 02, 2021
PAUL KENGOR: DEATH OF A DEFECTOR: ION MIHAI PACEPA, RIP
On February 14, 2021, the world quietly lost one of the most intriguing, enduring figures of the Cold War. He was Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa, the highest-ranking Soviet Bloc…...
Thursday, February 18, 2021
DR. CALEB VERBOIS: LIVING UP TO CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES IN A FALLEN WORLD
Christian celebrity culture is toxic. And it has terrible long-term effects. Ravi Zacharias was the head of an international, $40-million-a-year apologetics ministry devoted to explaining and justifying Christianity to a…...
Friday, February 05, 2021
DR. JAMES THRASHER: THE MORAL DIMENSIONS OF THE STUDENT LOAN CRISIS
The average price of a college education is $140,000. Very few people have the resources to cover that cost, so they must turn to student loans to make attending college…...
Thursday, February 04, 2021
DR. MARK HENDRICKSON: WALL STREET OUTSIDERS VERSUS HEDGE FUNDS
The investment world was convulsed last week when at least one hedge fund (Melvin Capital) lost billions of dollars. The sudden, massive losses happened when a tidal wave of independent…...
Monday, January 25, 2021
DR. JOHN SPARKS: ON THE IMPEACHMENT AND CONVICTION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP
The House of Representatives, with the sole responsibility of impeachment, has passed a single Article of Impeachment charging President Donald Trump with committing a high crime, namely that he “made…...
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
AUTHOR Q&A WITH DR. GARY SCOTT SMITH
IFF: You have just published “Duty and Destiny: The Life and Faith of Winston Churchill” as part of a series of religious biographies issued by Eerdmans. What prompted you to…...
Monday, January 18, 2021
LEWIS WAHA: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND AMERICA’S ‘PROMISSORY NOTE’
Each January, we honor Martin Luther King, Jr. for his leadership in combating racial segregation and securing civil rights for African Americans. However, critics lately have charged that King’s legacy…...
Friday, January 15, 2021
LEWIS WAHA: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND AMERICA’S ‘PROMISSORY NOTE’
Each January, we honor Martin Luther King, Jr. for his leadership in combating racial segregation and securing civil rights for African Americans. However, critics lately have charged that King’s legacy…...
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
DR. JAMES THRASHER: COLLEGES DECEIVE STUDENTS FINANCIALLY
John and his parents head to their first college admissions visit. After the tour and interview, they hear the admissions counselor say, “John, we are so impressed with you both…...
Monday, January 11, 2021
DR. EARL H. TILFORD: LOOKING BACK AT A YEAR AND CHRISTMAS PAST—AND TOWARD A BETTER 2021
“This could be the greatest day of our lives, but you’re gonna let it be the worst.” —Bluto Blutarsky, Faber College, Autumn 1978 On Christmas eve before bed, I…...
Friday, December 04, 2020
THE “E” STANDS FOR “EXCELLENCE:” REMEMBERING WALTER E. WILLIAMS
Walter E. Williams, prolific author, piercing cultural commentator, old school economist (that’s a good thing), devoted husband, loving father, and long-time friend of Grove City College has passed from this…...
Saturday, November 21, 2020
DR. MARK HENDRICKSON: GIVING THANKS TO SOCIETY’S ECONOMIC BENEFACTORS
With all the attention commanded by the presidential campaign, election, and aftermath, plus the ongoing COVID-19 story, many other issues have faded into the background. Though escaping the headlines, some…...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
DR. EARL H. TILFORD : HISTORY AND WAR, A VETERANS DAY REFLECTION
For 50 years, I have had one foot planted in Sparta and one in Athens: the military and the academy. The dichotomy is not simply between militarism and intellectualism. Athenians…...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
DR. GARY SCOTT: THE MAYFLOWER MYSTIQUE: REMEMBERING THE PILGRIMS
Few can name which groups the Godspeed and the Arabella brought to America. They were the Jamestown colonists in 1607 and the Puritans to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, respectively.…...
Wednesday, November 04, 2020
DR. JOHN SPARKS: COURT PACKING—DESTABILIZING AND UNNECESSARY
The idea of expanding the size of the U.S. Supreme Court, also known as “court packing,” has surfaced once again, as it did after the Brett Kavanaugh appointment. Often mentioned…...
Friday, October 30, 2020
DR. MARK HENDRICKSON: WHY FRACKING IS A BIG ISSUE
In my previous column, I described the “paradox of prosperity”—the strange tendency of many people who have benefited from economic advances to denounce and vilify the source of their prosperity,…...
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
DR. JOHN SPARKS: JUDGE AMY CONEY BARRETT AND THE PURDUE SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE
Will some senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee vilify Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee? Attacks on her religion, her large family, or claims that she will…...
Friday, September 25, 2020
DR. MARK HENDRISON: THE PARAEOX OF PROSPERITY
In Friedrich Hayek’s 1954 book Capitalism and the Historians, the late French philosopher and political economist Bertrand de Jouvenel noted a baffling historical trend: “Strangely enough, the fall from favor…...
Friday, September 11, 2020
COMMITMENT AND SACRIFICE: LETTERS OF A WWII SAILOR
Since my dad’s passing, I have carried his dog tag on my key chain. I wanted a daily reminder of my dad and his sacrificial service to our nation in…...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
DR. MARK HENDRICKSON: JIMMY LAI, THE BILLIONAIRE FREEDOM FIGHTER
Hong Kong police arrested billionaire publisher Jimmy Lai on August 10, releasing him two days later. His “crime” was to express opposition to the mainland Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) aggression…...
Monday, August 17, 2020
DR. EARL TILFORD: CONFESSIONS OF A DRAFT DODGER
Next month I turn 75. The ubiquitous “they” tell me I’m on a COVID-19 “endangered species” list. Fifty years from October, with my 25th birthday behind me, I boarded a…...
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
MARK HENDRICKSON: THE PROBLEM WITH INHERITANCE TAXES
A recent opinion piece in The New York Times, “Tax the Rich and Their Heirs … more fairly,” was both reassuring and refreshing. It was reassuring to know that policy…...
Monday, August 03, 2020
DR. GARY WELTON: SUMMER 2020 COVID DATA IN PENNSYLVANIA - WHAT WE DON’T KNOW
The COVID-19 coronavirus is a novel virus, and everybody who claims they have it figured out is living under an illusion. Our knowledge is growing, but it is still very…...
Friday, July 17, 2020
DR. JOHN SPARKS: FINALLY! THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR SCORE A WIN
The 181-year-old religious order, the Little Sisters of the Poor—unlikely litigants before the high court—finally got a victory. For over six years this charitable order has had to defend itself…...
Thursday, July 09, 2020
DR. JOHN SPARKS: AN IMPORTANT WIN FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: ESPINOZA V. MONTANA
Sometimes, the facts of a case have an emotional appeal in addition to a strong constitutional basis. Espinoza v. Montana certainly qualifies. Kendra Espinoza, a hard working (three jobs)…...
Wednesday, July 01, 2020
DR. CALEB BERBOIS: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE MEANING OF THE 4TH OF JULY
When we think of the Fourth of July, we often think of backyard barbecues with friends, baseball, and maybe a beer or two. This year, with COVID-19, maybe we can…...
DR. JAMES THRASHER: THE CALL TO DO AND ACT JUSTLY
As I approached the county courthouse for jury duty, my unfocused mind was in many different places, including being sincerely burdened by the state of our nation. I had filled…...
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