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  • Our So-Called ‘Tolerant’ Society Is Actually Very Dogmatic

    Our So-Called ‘Tolerant’ Society Is Actually Very Dogmatic0

    The Book of Daniel tells us that the three Jewish youths in Babylon were cast into a “white-hot furnace” for not falling down and worshipping the king’s golden statue. Thousands of early Christians were reportedly martyred for refusing to deny Christ and affirm the divinity of the Roman emperor. Of course, this kind of thing

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  • The Religious Origins of Groundhog Day

    The Religious Origins of Groundhog Day0

    Americans know today, February 2, as Groundhog Day, when Punxsutawney Phil is brought out of his tree-trunk in Northwestern Pennsylvania to determine how much longer winter will last. For Christians, it’s also the Feast of Candlemas. Most people assume that Groundhog Day and Candlemas are not connected, but in fact—as I recently discovered—they are! The

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  • The News Media Needs to Keep You Angry

    The News Media Needs to Keep You Angry0

    I work for a nonprofit whose activities largely center around digital media. But lately, I wish I could just get away from it all. There’s way too much anger right now in that sphere, and much of it is being driven by news media. The mainstream news media would have you believe that they are

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  • Are We Already Fighting the 2nd Civil War?

    Are We Already Fighting the 2nd Civil War?0

    The possibility of another American civil war is something that many raise as a topic of interest, but usually dismiss as remote.     But in his most recent column, conservative pundit Dennis Prager goes so far as to say that “America is currently fighting its Second Civil War”: “In fact, with the obvious and enormous

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