“The health care industry now spends more money on lobbying in Washington than any sector of the economy, according to the Center for Responsive Politics here. … Critics say these former officials are cashing in, trading on the relationships and expertise they acquired while working for the taxpayers, and cite such career moves as proof... Continue Reading

Intelligent design (ID), counter to its popular portrayal, is not an idea from “insecure religious fundamentalists,” Meyer said, but the scientific theory that all the data in the universe points to “a mind not a material process.” Meyer himself believes that mind is the Christian God, but he said as ID spread in the scientific... Continue Reading

The articles and books that will be read decades from now were written by men and women sitting at a desk and forcing themselves to translate profound ideas into words and then to let those words lead them to even more ideas. Writing can be magic, if you give yourself time, because you can produce... Continue Reading

Mr. Van Grinsven says the efforts have paid off: The number of interns meeting the company’s benchmark for success in sales has risen more than 40% since 2007, a productivity improvement that he attributes in part to more parental support.   Paul From was used to meeting the spouses and children of employees at company... Continue Reading

  Segregationists were detonating bombs all over Birmingham in 1963. In May, they bombed the front half of Rev. A.D. King’s home. The minister and his family, in the back rooms, survived uninjured. That same day two bombs exploded at the Gaston Motel, where civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr., had been meeting.... Continue Reading

As a victim and survivor of genocide, I would like to remind your respected office that great effort is needed to end the deaths and displacement and restore peace to our community, which has suffered for so many years. Please address the humanitarian crisis in the Nuba Mountains and use your position as leader of... Continue Reading

I doubt that much movement has happened in terms of one side being persuaded by the other.  While I agree with Belcher’s exegesis of Gen 2:7, I think he misunderstands the purpose of Collins’ project.  Belcher’s project is more concerned with confessional boundaries in Reformed denominations while Collins is navigating the boundaries of Christian orthodoxy... Continue Reading

“The majority of political and religious leaders still don’t talk about it. The religious leaders seem to be more concerned with who is doing the flower arranging on a Sunday and whether a gay priest is going to be ordained or not.   Multiple attacks by Islamists on St George’s has prompted the Iraqi government... Continue Reading

“The intent behind this law is bigoted and it is intended to alienate the Muslim community,” said Jibril Hough, a spokesman for the Islamic Center of Charlotte. The North Carolina ban is limited to family law; bans in other states are broader, applying to commercial law, contract law and other types of laws.   (RNS)... Continue Reading

So here is the nightmare. If the U.S., France, and some miscellaneous allies strike at the regime, they could conceivably so weaken it that it would collapse. Out of the ruins would emerge a radically anti-Western regime, which would kill or expel several million Christians and Alawites. This would be a political, religious, and humanitarian... Continue Reading