Yesterday on BreakPoint, I talked about a Christian ethic of hope—a hope not based on wishful thinking, but on the…
There’s a manual which provides mental health professionals with “diagnostic criteria for mental disorders.” I suggest that the manual should…
In a recent New York Times column, David Brooks told a story that perfectly captured the divide between what I…
Two hundred years ago, three boys were born a few days apart in Germany, England, and the United States. All…
As every school child knows, the Pilgrims arrived in the New World in the winter of 1620. After a difficult…
On Monday, the House of Representatives surprised its leaders, the administration, and, most of all, the financial community by rejecting…
It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and instead of focusing on all things Irish, like drinking beer or wearing green, let’s ask…
One hundred million people: that’s how many died under the oppression of Communism. Those victims have too often been ignored…
A colleague of mine owns at least eight complete recordings of Handel’s Messiah. His collection includes “historically accurate” performances and more…
Since its publication in 1859, tens, if not hundreds, of millions of people have been killed in the name of…
