The owners of a Pennsylvania bridal store say they’ve received threats after refusing to sell a wedding gown to a lesbian couple. Source: Bridal Shop in Pennsylvania That Refused Lesbians Says It’s Getting Threats | Pennsylvania News | US News
That’s the question Joe Carter, at his Acton Institute blog, asks about Andrew Strain’s recent article at First Things. In his piece, Strain claims that free markets are “as mythical as unicorns,” and concludes that government intervention in the market, on behalf of “the common good,” is the ideal toward which we should strive. But Strain isn’t the only one […]
Researchers say requests are increasing from people who aren’t terminally ill in country where it is legal Source: Euthanasia deaths becoming common in Netherlands – CBS News
Tisha B’Av, the fast day that commemorates the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE, comes this year at a particularly fraught moment for the Jewish people. The only surviving architectural element of the Temple, its western restraining wall, has become a site of contention both between different religious movements and between world Jewry and […]
The Jews’ saddest day is the Ninth of Av, which this year is Tuesday. During a fast as long and stringent as Yom Kippur, the children of Israel chant dirges mourning their alienation from God. Study of sacred texts, excepting certain theodicical and funereal writings, is forbidden, limiting the greatest intellectual expression of a Jew’s love […]
A mere half-year ago, before collusion and Comey, before Mika’s face and Muslim bans and the Mooch, there was a shining moment where millions of Americans flooded the streets in cities across the country to register their rage that an unapologetic misogynist had just been made leader of the free world. Donald Trump’s election was a watershed […]
Today I have the honor of hosting an original, guest post by Dr. Timothy Keller, chairman and co-founder of Redeemer City to City, VP of The Gospel Coalition, and former pastor and founder of Redee… Source: Calvin on “He descended into Hell” (Guest Post by Tim Keller) | Reformedish
Earlier this week I asked why conservative Christian outlets are increasingly promoting socialist ideas and policies. Yesterday, my friend Jake Meador weighed in to help provide some perspective on… Source: How Christian conservatives are breeding Bolsheviks – Acton Institute PowerBlog
At a Times Square rally, an open call for Trump’s murder is ignored by elected officials. Source: Assassination Fantasies | City Journal
Some progressives are disappointed that the Democratic Party’s “Better Deal” agenda for the 2018 midterms doesn’t go the Full Bernie. Sure, the Democrats are proposing a minimum wage hike and anti-trust reforms. But there’s no single-payer health care or free college tuition to be found. Still, “Better Deal” suggests that centrist, pro-business Clintonites are in full retreat. […]
