Facebook headlines are everywhere. A flood of news stories about Facebook malfeasance is swirling. Just four days ago the US congress formally asked CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify about the 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica data mining. The BIG FOUR tech companies—Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple—are the
“But the point is now determined, and I shall have the liberty to think for myself.” So wrote John Adams—the second US President—upon entering the study of law. Like the Berean Jews (Acts 17:11), Adams demonstrates the independent thinking of a free people. In his 2003 Jefferson Lecture on the
This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Free to choose hell” Freedom to Choose Hell Freedom to Choose Hell, part 2 Hell exists because of human freedom. Both human freedom and human responsibility are major themes of Scripture. We see this in two trees, one in each testament.
This is post 1 of 2 in the series “Free to choose hell” Freedom to Choose Hell Freedom to Choose Hell, part 2 Recently I heard Eric Metaxas interview Dr. John C. Rankin about his latest book, provocatively titled The Freedom to Choose Hell. I was reminded of something C.S.
This is post 12 of 12 in the series “toxic new religion” The Cultural Roots of Campus Rage The Tyranny of Feelings: Yale as a Microcosm for a Troubling Trend Whose Dictionary Do We Use? How the New Religion Advances by Redefining Words Whose Dictionary Do We Use? How the
A state has decided that parents cannot seek to save their child’s life. The state in this case is the National Health Service of Great Britain backed by European Court of Human Rights. The parents are Chris Gard and Connie Yates. The child is 10-month-old Charlie Gard. He has a
This is post 2 of 4 in the series “intolerance of islam and atheism” Pluralism Never Comes from Islamism or Atheism The Shadow of Sharia Looms Over the West Ideological War for a Global Caliphate Fight Intolerance With a Kingdom Offensive Sharia is not friendly to freedom Professor Allan Bloom
Baronelle Stutzman, florist and grandmother On Friday we witnessed a travesty of justice and an attack on the 1st Amendment to the US constitution enshrining religious freedom and the freedom of conscience, speech and press. In a 9-0 decision, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled against the 72-year-old grandmother and florist, Barronelle Stutzman, for
This is post 2 of 2 in the series “they preached liberty” They Preached Liberty They Preached Liberty, part 2 Liberty doesn’t just happen. That’s the message of a writer whose work appears here for the first time. Our good friend Elizabeth Youmans recently put us on to a writer
This is post 1 of 2 in the series “they preached liberty” They Preached Liberty They Preached Liberty, part 2 Liberty doesn’t just happen. That’s the message of a writer whose work appears here for the first time. Our good friend Elizabeth Youmans recently put us on to a writer
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