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Culturally, these five groups could hardly be more different. Yet they think of themselves as connected, and indeed, their thinking is remarkably...

I could understand Obama advocating such embryonic stem-cell research if he was convinced that embryos aren’t life, and that life doesn’t begin at...

John McCain does not need to reach out to us. We need to reach out to him. He ran. He won. He is our candidate while the Democrats are “saddled”...

While supporters say Sen. Joe Biden provides a crucial link with Catholic voters, others say the new vice presidential running mate reprises an...

Joseph Bottum remembers a time when America was painted in bold Protestant hues. But, that was then, and this is now. He explores why the mainline...

A few months ago, the Pew Forum released its survey of the religious landscape in the United States. Among other things, they found 57 percent of...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued proposed rules on protecting health care workers who object to performing certain...

What kind of god would be plausible in this postmodern age? Taken by itself, that question represents the great divide between those who believe...

Last week, the American Psychological Association plunged headlong into controversy with the release of a report from the Task Force on Mental...

His vote on the Born Alive Infant Protection Act shows that Obama had fallen for the classic red herring by the abortion industry, which argues...

According to the Associated Press, America's most prominent greeting card producer decided to roll out a line of same-sex greetings after the...

While neither Joe nor his son J. D. had any clue as to what their employees were doing, they took "full responsibility" for their employees'...

Sadly, politicians are not often known for their profiles in courage. Obama isn’t the only one who supported efforts to help Terri Schiavo but have...

Given the state of American colleges and universities today, God & Man at Yale deserves to be read anew. On campuses today religion is mocked or...

Sen. John McCain has one story he tells again and again about his religious life. Like that signature moment, which was wrapped, out of necessity,...