SocietyCommentary
Delivering Truth to Secular Conservatives
In the latest edition of “The Rubin Report” podcast, two people I adore, commentators Dave Rubin and Heather Mac Donald, dialogue about some of the… Read More
SocietyNews
Texas Begins Legal Fight With California Over Its Red State Travel Ban
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down California’s ban on state-funded travel to Texas and 10 other states… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Once Again, Big Businesses Side With LGBT Activists
Nike loves selling kids’ shoes—it just doesn’t care if they have a home to wear them in. That’s the amazing revelation from a new campaign… Read More
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Banned in Britain: Franklin Graham’s Tour Dates Canceled Over Christian Beliefs
Evangelist and missionary Franklin Graham’s seven-city tour of the United Kingdom is now a trial, as all seven venues have dropped him. Graham’s canceled dates… Read More
SocietyNews
Trump Lauds Black Pastor Who Is Rebuilding Church After Arson
President Donald Trump took time Thursday to recognize the pastor of one of three black churches in Louisiana burned last year by an arsonist. Trump,… Read More
InternationalNews
Pelosi Omits Christians as She Lists Religious Persecutions Around World
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi failed to mention Christians as she listed religious persecutions around the world Thursday. The House speaker spoke Thursday morning in… Read More
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At Prayer Breakfast, Trump Slams ‘Dishonest and Corrupt’ Politicians Who Pushed Impeachment
President Donald Trump didn’t let a prayerful audience stop him Thursday morning from calling political opponents who tried to remove him from office “dishonest and… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Airline Ends Relationship With Chocolatier Over CEO’s Traditional Values
What does Christianity have to do with the quality of chocolate? A lot, according to Swiss Air. The company just announced that it’s cutting ties… Read More
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Attorney General Warns of ‘Militant Secular Effort’ to Drive Out Religion
Attorney General William Barr says that religious Americans aren’t imposing their beliefs on others, but that “militant secularists” are imposing their values on people of… Read More
SocietyCommentary
How My Fight for Student-Led Prayer Took Me to the White House
How does a young man find himself standing behind the president of the United States in the Oval Office of the White House? I invited… Read More
EducationCommentary
It’s Time for the Supreme Court to End Anti-Religious Prejudice in This School Choice Case
Anti-Catholic prejudice, which spread like gangrene in the 19th and 20th centuries, often manifested itself in so-called Blaine Amendments, which enabled government discrimination against religious… Read More
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North Korean Christian Martyr: ‘Even If I Die, I Do Not Have Any Regrets’
Her name isn’t Hae Woo, but—like a lot of traumatized North Koreans—she doesn’t want to take any chances. “I’m a believer,” she says, “because of… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
Trump Administration Takes 3 Steps to Boost Religious Freedom
“There’s a lot of hostility to religious beliefs,” says Joe Grogan, director of the Domestic Policy Council at the White House. “These views are protected… Read More
SocietyCommentary
What Teaching in China Taught Me About Religious Freedom
The meaning of religious freedom came home to me, fittingly enough, by the dawn’s early light, slanting through a dormitory window in China many years… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Why America Must Recommit to Religious Freedom
We celebrate Thursday, Jan. 16, as Religious Freedom Day, the anniversary of the passage in 1786 of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. Unfortunately, the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Christian Bakers Challenge $135K Fine for Quoting Bible Verse
Did Oregon officials violate their duty to remain neutral on matters of religion when they ordered Christian bakers Aaron and Melissa Klein to pay $135,000… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Left Ignores the ‘Wrong’ Kind of Anti-Semitism
In October 2018, during Sabbath morning services, a white supremacist attacked the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, murdering 11 people and wounding another six…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
Chinese Pastor Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison Amid Renewed Persecution
Wang Yi, a renowned Christian pastor in China, was quietly sentenced on Monday to nine years in prison, stripped of his political rights for three… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Anti-Trump Christians, Would You Prefer a President Who Supports Secular Social Agenda?
The battle between church and state is as old as church and state, as is the conflict within religious circles over who supposedly speaks for… Read More
InternationalCommentary
How Beijing Controls Chinese Citizens Through Family, Education, and Speech
You may have read about China’s practice of foot-binding. It’s an ancient custom dating back to the supposedly pleasing aesthetic sense of the 10th century…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
3 Reasons Why the Left Doesn’t Like Christmas
Many on the left (as opposed to liberals) have been warring on Christmas for more than a generation. Leftists always deny there is a war… Read More
SocietyCommentary
What’s Really at Stake in the Chick-Fil-A Controversy
The angry backlash against their belief that marriage is between a man and a woman started on social media. Soon activists called for a boycott…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
Challenging Beijing’s Distortions About Human Rights in China
For six months, China has been the focus of international criticism over deteriorating freedoms in Hong Kong, but the Chinese Communist Party’s intransigence regarding liberty… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Problematic Women: Beginning Motherhood in the NICU
Kelsey Bolar, the original host of “Problematic Women,” is back in our studio, joined by her new baby girl. Bolar shares her experience as a… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Not All Findings of Religious Freedom Index Are Encouraging
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a leading nonprofit law firm defending religious freedom, is taking an innovative approach to evaluate the current state of… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In a Blow to Political Correctness, Trump Praises Salvation Army
America isn’t the only thing making a comeback under President Donald Trump—so is Christmas! The candidate who vowed, “We’re gonna be saying ‘Merry Christmas’ again,”… Read More
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SocietyCommentary
‘Fairness for All’ Is Well Intentioned but Inadequate and Misguided
Working to find legislative compromise can be a good thing. But not every bill that calls itself a compromise is a good compromise. And that,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
‘Powerful Interests on the Left Want to Shrink Freedom of Religion,’ McConnell Warns
This is adapted from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s remarks on the Senate floor Dec. 5. While we wait for our Democratic colleagues to let… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Media Bungles Reporting on Conscience Rights
Three different federal judges recently blocked the Trump administration from implementing a regulation that would give the Department of Health and Human Services additional resources… Read More
