Whose Vision of Social Justice?

Posted: Friday, March 19, 2010
Anyone who has cracked open a Bible knows that justice is indeed a recurring theme. Still, there's a reason that the term "social justice" provokes sighs and rolled eyes among many Christians today.  [Full Story]

Would Jesus Defend Marriage?

Posted: Friday, March 12, 2010
It was a controversy tailor-made for the TV cameras: A lesbian couple in the liberal bastion of Boulder, Colorado, had enrolled their children in a Catholic parish school, only to see those children denied re-enrollment once the parish priest learned of their home situation.  [Full Story]

In Defense of 'Speciesism'

Posted: Friday, March 5, 2010
It's easy to snicker at the sort of people who berated Barack Obama last year for smacking a fly. But there is surprisingly little distance between the animal-rights movement's violent radicals and those who serve as its more moderate public face.  [Full Story]

Atheist Campaign Against Mother Teresa Postage Stamp Is Silly, Outrageous

Posted: Friday, February 26, 2010
Atheist activists have made themselves look silly by opposing a stamp for Mother Teresa. But the consequences of their decades-long campaign against religion in American public life are serious.  [Full Story]

A Virtual Boyhood

Posted: Monday, February 22, 2010
In an age of media saturation, I worry: How long will my son retain that innocent enthusiasm for the thrills of being a little boy in a wide, wonderful world? How soon will he feel the pressure to swap those thrills for the smaller, virtual ones that come via television, video games or the Internet?  [Full Story]

Life: A 'Dangerous' Choice

Posted: Friday, February 5, 2010
Only abortion could rouse America's feminist establishment to defend the sanctity of Super Bowl Sunday.  [Full Story]

It's 2008 All Over Again

Posted: Friday, January 29, 2010
Barack Obama's presidency was supposed to unfold like a scene from "Avatar." Instead, it's looking more like "Groundhog Day."  [Full Story]

Hope in the Ruins of Haiti

Posted: Monday, January 25, 2010
The needs of the Haitian people and our own capacity to address them have reminded us once again that the mystery of suffering is best answered with self-giving love.  [Full Story]

An Inconvenient Truth about Absent Fathers

Posted: Friday, January 15, 2010
For all we have learned in recent decades about how a child benefits from having his biological father in the home for the long haul, many of us still prefer to tell ourselves that any caring adult can fill a father's shoes, and a live-in, married-to-mom dad is simply a bonus.  [Full Story]

The Upside of a Rough-and-Tumble Decade

Posted: Thursday, January 7, 2010
Despite the end-of-the-decade angst emanating from talk show perches and op-ed pages since we ushered in 2010 last week, it's not all doom and gloom. There have been some positive effects of the recession that forced Americans to reevaluate our priorities -- spending and otherwise.  [Full Story]