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Add DDT to the Malaria-fighting arsenal
Acton Senior Fellow Marvin Olasky in a column today on looks at the “important new coalition” called Kill Malarial Mosquitoes Now that is working to bring the banned pesticide DDT back into battle against malaria. The disease, he writes, kills an estimated 1 million people annually — 90 percent of them Africans. The United States has been contributing about $200 million per year to Africa’s war on malaria. Four months ago, President Bush promised an additional $1.2 billion over five...
A plea for circumspection
Gregory of Nazianzus, in his first theological oration, “An Introductory Sermon against the Eunomians,” makes a plea for appropriateness in the airing of theological disagreements. He writes, “If we cannot resolve our disputes outright, let us at least make this mutual concession, to utter spiritual truths with the restraint due to them, to discuss holy things in a holy manner, and not to broadcast to profane hearing what is not to be divulged” (ੵ). His concern is that public disagreements...
Gracious competition
So often we are bombarded with news of businesses accusing others of unfair trade practices, petition smashing, monopolization, etc. Every once in a while, its good to hear about the good business that goes on, the appreciation that pany has for another, and a customer oriented view of production. In that spirit, I offer up panies: Adobe (the creators of the PDF and Photoshop) and Apple. Apple’s recent foray into the image-editing world with the release of Aperture has many...
For Associate Justice – Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
In a move seemingly destined to cause a massive political fight on Capitol Hill, President Bush has nominated Judge Samuel Alito, Jr. to succeed retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the United States Supreme Court. In his years on the federal bench, Alito has earned a reputation as a reliable conservative voice, even earning the nickname “Scalito” for his philosophical resemblances to current Justice Antonin Scalia. Your thoughts on the nomination are e in ments section. (If you have an...
Miers withdraws
And so the search for a replacement for Sandra Day O’Connor will continue: Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to be a U.S. Supreme Court justice Thursday in the face of strong criticism from President Bush’s most conservative supporters, who say she doesn’t have the qualifications or experience necessary to serve on the nation’s highest court. ...
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Nullification of the Constitution
  In an era of norm-bending politics, it is no wonder that concerned citizens seek simple solutions to complex problems. On the right, some beleaguered conservatives have embraced the notion that the Constitution, properly understood, allows states unilaterally to nullify federal laws they believe to be unconstitutional. I addressed this topic in Law Liberty a few years ago, but proponents of...
Jun 6, 2026
Some Churches Lose Coverage as Insurers Hit by a Wave of Storm Claims
  John Parks was taking his first sabbatical in 40 years of ministry when he got a call from his churchs accountant with some bad news.   Church Mutual, the churchs insurance company, had dropped them.   This does not make sense, Parks, the pastor of Ashford Community Church in Houston, recalls thinking at the time. Weve never filed a claim.   Five months...
Jun 6, 2026
A Prayer for Overcoming Doubts and Embracing Faith
  A Prayer for Overcoming Doubts and Embracing Faith   By Emma Danzey   “But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.” - James 1:6   Doubt causes us to feel unsteady and shoved around by questions from ourselves and others. It can feel...
Jun 6, 2026
Died: Patricia Gundry, Evangelical Feminist Who Wanted Women to Be Free
  Patricia Gundry, an evangelical author who taught that God was the first feminist, died on July 31 at age 90.   She was part of a movement of womenincluding Virginia Ramey Mollenkott, Letha Scanzoni, and Nancy Hardestywho reevaluated Christian teachings on gender and hierarchy in light of Scripture.   With an evangelical commitment to rejecting tradition unless it could be backed up...
Jun 6, 2026
The Tradition of Conservative Humanism
  We thank Professor James Stoner for his review of our book, The Wisdom of Our Ancestors: Conservative Humanism and the Western Tradition. Though he has kind things to say, he also thinks it has conceptual weaknesses. The book, Stoner argues, functions only as a “camino” towards good conservative authors rather than being itself a developed conservative philosophy. Stoner finds no...
Jun 6, 2026
Where is the Wall of Separation Between Direct and Indirect Taxes?
  Rob Natelson’s essay, “The Constitutional Line on Direct Taxes,” concludes that the Supreme Court’s decisions involving direct and indirect taxes have been “conflicting, uncertain—and wrong.” Those decisions may have been conflicting and uncertain, but whether they are wrong is a more complicated question.   He urges us to do a deep dive into “eighteenth-century tax vocabulary and … contemporaneous tax laws”...
Jun 6, 2026
Racism Is No Longer Americas Biggest Problem
  The modern United States of America is not a “white supremacist” society. In his recently published The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism is Tearing America Apart, Claremont Institute’s Jeremy Carl makes one of the most obvious but least discussed points of our era: there exists far more bigotry against whites, and less bigotry against population minorities (although some certainly remains)...
Jun 6, 2026
Jesus Didnt Feel the Need to Rush, Neither Should We  
  Jesus Didn't Feel the Need to Rush, Neither Should We   By Deidre Braley   And Jesus said, Who was it that touched me? – Luke 8:45   I am a get-it-done girl. I come by it honestly; efficiency and tenacity have been passed down through the women in my family tree, and my genes are wired in a way that makes me...
Jun 6, 2026
Why Is Spiritual Growth Important?
  Why Is Spiritual Growth Important?   August 12   Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be...
Jun 6, 2026
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