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Is the notion of fatherhood becoming obsolete? Researchers at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in Great Britain say they are on the verge of...

There is no question that there was fear inherent in the words spoken by Jerry Falwell on the moral issues confronting our nation. But it wasn’t...

Last week, one of the most brilliant scholars I’ve known and a dedicated public servant, Paul Wolfowitz, resigned from the presidency of the World...

It is one of the most puzzling phenomena, something that as the daughter of a black Mississippi minister I know all too well. I am speaking of the...

Have we now reached a point of no moral return? Recent media reports force us to face the fact that we have become a society that considers...

Slavery was once both legal and immoral, much as abortion is today. The Dred Scott decision was overturned because it was both bad jurisprudence...

A colleague of mine loves Handel’s Messiah and has experienced many emotions while listening. But one emotion he hasn’t experienced is...

With the passage of H.R. 1592, and the likely passage of a similar Senate bill within weeks, Americans are facing the hate crime legislation that...

What concerns me is that some Americans advocating withdrawal are doing so for inferior reasons and without consideration of the consequences.

Faith-based initiatives are in the news again. Unfortunately, some of their strongest opponents still don’t seem to understand what they really do....

The presidential candidacy of Mitt Romney has put Mormonism into the American spotlight and has given us all an opportunity to clarify our...

The Supreme Court’s recent decision banning partial-birth abortion renewed public interest in abortion politics and policy. Despite the infrequency...

French voters took a long hard look at where Socialism has taken them during the Presidency of Jacques Chirac and by a comfortable margin, decided...

Even Christians are finding themselves suckered into wondering what's behind Rhonda Byrne's The Secret. Prison Fellowship president Mark Earley...

The horrible tragedy at Virginia Tech has given new impetus to a number of ongoing debates across America: gun control, security on school...