The death penalty is one of the most controversial issues in society. It strikes at a fundamental religious and philosophical question: Can an individual become … Read More ›
On my dresser there is a photograph. It depicts my one-year-old daughter affectionately climbing on my back as I enjoy a cold post-lunch beer on … Read More ›
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Humanity consumes resources, but resources are finite. Therefore, we are destined to one day run out of … Read More ›
Dante’s epic The Divine Comedy depicts an archetypical journey of a human being through the torments of hell and the cleansing pains of purgatory, into … Read More ›
As a Christian conservative, I want to support the corporal punishment of children. I believe in the institutions that endorse it and trust the people … Read More ›
At heart, fiction is a made-up story. These stories draw on the real world for context, structures, settings, and even characters, however. More often than … Read More ›
Some people grow up in homes where the Christian vocabulary is in the air, a substance they take in and breathe out naturally. As a … Read More ›
“If books do have the power to bring people together, maybe this one will work its magic.” This sentiment is at the core of the … Read More ›
Tyranny looms like a tower over human history, manifesting itself most brutally as laws that violate the conscience. In contemporary times, China censors its press … Read More ›