The fusionist alliance has frayed, to the point where classical liberals and traditionalists often see one another as political enemies more than allies. It’s odd in a way, because in many ways, their goals intersect more now than ever before. Under the old Reaganite coalition, one side was concerned about freedom and economic prosperity, while the other worried about family,...

　　It’s been a long time since Watergate. For its 25th anniversary, I wrote a book with Peter W. Morgan, originally titled Nixon’s Revenge, on one of Watergate’s most toxic legacies, the proliferation of “ethics rules” and ethics authorities that in practice do anything but promote ethical behavior in government. (The publisher chose a less-provocative title, The Appearance of Impropriety, instead,...

　　How to Prepare Yourself for Battle 　　August 19 　　Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. - Peter 5:8 　　A Japanese attack on Hawaii is regarded as the most unlikely thing in the world, with one chance in a million of being successful. Besides having more powerful...

　　Weekend, August 17, 2024 　　No Substitutions 　　Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. (Psalm 91:1 NLT). 　　There are different words we use to describe people that indicate their relationship to us. For example, we describe family members as husbands, wives, sons, and daughters. And if someone is our...

　　Bangladeshs religious minorities have reported looting, arson, and vandalization following Sheikh Hasinas abrupt resignation as prime minister last month. 　　Thousands of young people first took to the streets in June to protest a court ruling that reinstated a civil service quota system many found discriminatory and exclusive. But after Hasina insulted protesters, demonstrations escalated into violence. 　　Since then, rioters have...

　　Not long after Frances Tagaloa accepted Christ at 16, she started experiencing flashbacks. 　　Over the next few years, Tagaloa began piecing together long-buried memories and came to recognize that she had been sexually abused between the ages of five and seven by a Catholic Marist Brother who taught at a school in the Auckland suburb of Ponsonby. 　　Tagaloa only told...

　　This year marks the 60th anniversary of perhaps the greatest political film of all time, 1964’s The Best Man. Based on a play of the same name by Gore Vidal, who also wrote the screenplay, The Best Man tells the story of a deadlocked political convention at which two candidates vie for their party’s presidential nomination. Sixty years on, the...

　　Not long after Frances Tagaloa accepted Christ at 16, she started experiencing flashbacks. 　　Over the next few years, Tagaloa began piecing together long-buried memories and came to recognize that she had been sexually abused between the ages of five and seven by a Catholic Marist Brother who taught at a school in the Auckland suburb of Ponsonby. 　　Tagaloa only told...

　　Week 33 Overview: 　　Offering forgiveness to others is one of the most difficult and important aspects of the Christian life. The Bible clearly commands us to forgive others. God longs to fashion us into his likeness that we might model the love we’ve been shown to a world with no concept of mercy. He longs for us to offer grace...

　　Timothy Dudley-Smith, author of Tell Out, My Soul, Lord, for the Years, Sing a New Song, and more than 400 other hymns, died in Cambridge, England, on August 12. He was 97. 　　Dudley-Smith was a Church of England bishop, serving as the suffragan, or assistant bishop, of Thetford in Norwich for 12 years before he retired in 1991. Prior to...

　　On July 2, 2024, the X account for Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester posted a clip from a longer interview he had conducted with University of Notre Dame professor Patrick J. Deneen. Barron is famous for his incredible Catholic ministry, Word on Fire. In the clip, Deneen referred to three French counter-revolutionary figures—Louis de Bonald, ex-Cardinal Louis Billot, and Juan...

　　As his book’s subtitle indicates, Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the law school at the University of California, Berkeley, maintains that America’s survival is “threatened” by the very charter under which the country has been governed (with occasional amendments) for 236 years. In No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States, Chemerinsky radicalizes the thesis of his previous...