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Do you know what you are talking about when you opine on Israel’s war of survival?“Give me five minutes with a person’s checkbook,” the late Billy Graham remarked, “and I will tell you where their heart is.”That famous dictum is no longer true because… who uses checkbooks? But a modern corollary is now applicable: “Show me the podcasts you follow …

I spend most of my days defending the right of women to associate with other women, be that in a sorority, sports, abuse shelters and so on. And yes, when I find myself explaining to intelligent people that “men” do not qualify as “women” under a sorority’s 150-year-old membership policy, I wonder whether the world has lost its mind. I …

According to anew Gallup poll, “happiness” is plummeting in America, adding to the mounting evidence that the U.S. has amental health crisison its hands. It is particularly alarming that these bleak findings include children, teens and young adults – demographics that have traditionally enjoyed relatively carefree lives and positive outlooks as they face a lifetime of promises. But the data …

History tends to repeat itself, especially as it relates to President Joe Biden. His ideologically rigid open-border policies have laid us wide open to the growing threat of terror abroad.Despite Biden calling his disastrous and shameful withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 an “extraordinary success,” radical Islamic terrorists somehow didn’t get the message. It’s been nearly three years since Biden announced …

What a shock. According to the newly released budget, the Pentagon wants to slow down America’s aircraft carriers. You may be thinking: no carrier, no “Top Gun,” no “Maverick.” How we’d miss those thriller movies. But the facts are even worse. Delaying aircraft carriers courts disaster at a time when their deterrence value is higher than ever. The Navy has …

Oneofthedistinctive marksoftheChristian Gospels, something that separatesthemfromalloftheother religious literatureoftheworld, is thatthey are conveyingnews.They are not simply musing about timeless spiritual truths or trading in moral wisdom;they are telling us about something thathappened. Indeed, “gospel,”euangelionintheoriginal Greek, has preciselythesenseofglad tidings, good news.Unlikethesacred textsoftheother great religions,thebooksoftheNew Testament have a grab-you-by-the-lapel quality, an urgency to communicate, not so much ideas however trueandfresh, but an event …

People who only attend church once a year usually choose Easter Sunday. It’s ironic, because this is the service where we celebrate the one claim about Christ that most people have difficulty really believing: His resurrection from the dead. In our culture, there’s widespread acceptance of the fact that Jesus existed, that He taught nice things about how to live, …

A little over two years ago on Sunday, Jan. 2, we had a new record high temperature of 72 degrees in Richmond, Virginia. It was still in the 60s that evening when suddenly things changed. Cold air had been locked to the north for weeks but that all ended as dawn broke on Monday morning. A new storm came from …

This essay was originally published inDiscourse magazine. On Feb. 5, Mirtza Ocana, an American citizen of Cuban origin, arrived at Tampa International Airport from Havana andwas arrested for attempting to smuggle more than $100,000 into the country. When questioned, Ocana confessed to having carried out 45 similar assignments since May 2023. The smuggling operation involved millions of dollars. Because Cuba …

After the chaos of the 2020 election, the Democratic Party has taken a different approach to this year’s national campaign, claiming trust, democracy and election integrity as foundational party principles. These themes will likely be on display at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, but progressive Mayor Brandon Johnson, the host city’s leader, seems to betray these principles — …