With Chris Buskirk On Downstream Politics

R. Scott Clark

on March 8, 2016 | 1 Comment

I am not a political analyst and I do not play on TV or radio (nor in the pulpit) but Christians do live in a twofold kingdom and I was happy to talk with Chris Buskirk, host of Downstream Politics, about media, . . . Continue reading →

Sasse: The Government Exists To Secure Natural Liberties

R. Scott Clark

on March 5, 2016 | 3 Comments

Of Common Grace, Nature, And Bathrooms

R. Scott Clark

on February 25, 2016 | 6 Comments

On a quick trip to and from Washington D.C. I read P. J. O’Rourke, The Baby Boom And How It Got That Way…. As always O’Rourke is funny, insightful, and often right on the mark. I’m not sure that I’m convinced that . . . Continue reading →

The LGBT War On Free Thought And Speech

R. Scott Clark

on February 24, 2016 | 1 Comment

The vitriolic reaction of the LGBT lobby to honesty from Americans about their consciences, religious beliefs, scientific knowledge, and political stances shows that their agenda boils down to shutting down free speech. This sounds counter-intuitive. After all, the media and Hollywood conditioned . . . Continue reading →

Another End Of Watch

R. Scott Clark

on February 17, 2016 | 5 Comments

The Strong Man Temptation

R. Scott Clark

on February 1, 2016 | 3 Comments

There are good reasons for Christians to be nervous about their place in the United States. The culture is in a period of rapid change of the sort not seen since perhaps 1967–77. That was the height of the Cold War, in . . . Continue reading →

The Making Of Lawrence Phillips

R. Scott Clark

on January 14, 2016 | 6 Comments

There must be many ex-football players or ex-athletes and at least a few famous athletes who have ended their athletic careers by committing crimes. Most of those cases simply fall into obscurity but not that of Lawrence Phillips (1975–2016), who was a . . . Continue reading →

Before Political Correctness

R. Scott Clark

on January 11, 2016

If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act . . . Continue reading →

From The Campus To The Culture: The Potential Death Of Free Speech

R. Scott Clark

on January 7, 2016

“If you believe as I do that ideas have consequences, what happens on American college campuses will eventually percolate its way down and through the culture as a whole. And if we lose free speech on college campuses, we will eventually lose . . . Continue reading →

Making A Murderer (Spoiler Alert)

R. Scott Clark

on January 6, 2016 | 12 Comments

Like a few million other people I recently watched the gripping Netflix documentary, Making A Murderer. Without giving away too much (in case you have not seen it), this documentary tells the story of a the criminal prosecution of a Manitowoc County . . . Continue reading →

Tocqueville On The Effects Of Socialism On Liberty

R. Scott Clark

on January 2, 2016 | 2 Comments

A third and final trait, one which, in my eyes, best describes socialists of all schools and shades, is a profound opposition to personal liberty and scorn for individual reason, a complete contempt for the individual. They unceasingly attempt to mutilate, to . . . Continue reading →

A Muslim Approaches The Truth About Global Islamism And Jihad

R. Scott Clark

on December 12, 2015 | 4 Comments

(HT: @muddygravel) It should be added that the Ft Hood and San Bernardino attacks and others suggest that the line between ideological Islamism and violent jihad is fluid and rapidly crossed. The high percentage of Islamic Study Centers (mosques) in the USA . . . Continue reading →

Supreme Court In 1957: Academic Freedom Is Self-Evident

R. Scott Clark

on December 8, 2015 | 6 Comments

The State Supreme Court thus conceded without extended discussion that petitioner’s right to lecture and his right to associate with others were constitutionally protected freedoms which had been abridged through this investigation. These conclusions could not be seriously debated. Merely to summon . . . Continue reading →

2011 Study: 84% Of Mosques In America Advocate Study Of Texts Advocating Violence Against Non-Muslims

R. Scott Clark

on December 7, 2015 | 4 Comments

A random survey of 100 representative mosques in the U.S. was conducted to measure the correlation between Sharia adherence and dogma calling for violence against non-believers. Of the 100 mosques surveyed, 51% had texts on site rated as severely advocating violence; 30% . . . Continue reading →

Sen Sasse: This Is About Who We Are

R. Scott Clark

on December 7, 2015 | 17 Comments

The Theodicy Of The State: A Primitive Religious Reaction

R. Scott Clark

on December 3, 2015 | 4 Comments

The theodicy of federal government seeks to defend the goodness of government in the face of tragedy. So just as some religious groups might blame a weather event on insufficient fealty to the relevant god, some progressives blame — before we actually . . . Continue reading →

Political Correctness At Work

R. Scott Clark

on December 1, 2015 | 1 Comment

Now, however, publicly supporting the entire LGBTQ movement’s agenda is mandatory. If employees refuse to participate in a company Gay Pride event, their behavior may be interpreted as discriminatory insubordination. If a female employee complains about a male using the women’s restroom, . . . Continue reading →

A Rational Alternative To “Safe Spaces” On Campus

R. Scott Clark

on November 25, 2015 | 3 Comments

The promise of a liberal arts education is to provide challenging, unpredictable, and even uncomfortable intellectual and interpersonal encounters in order to produce the capacity for critical thinking, open-mindedness, and critical self-examination in graduates who are less dogmatic and prejudiced than when . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 97: A Secular Faith With Darryl Hart

Heidelcast

on September 29, 2015

Evangelical involvement in politics has perhaps never been more intense. The George W. Bush administration had an office of faith-based initiatives. The Obama administration continues to hold prayer breakfasts and regularly invokes the Christian faith when it serves favored policy goals. The . . . Continue reading →

Half-Way Down The Slippery Slope

R. Scott Clark

on September 23, 2015 | 16 Comments

Building on the “born-that-way” narrative popularized by the LBGT lobby, this pedophile wants his sexuality (identity) to be recognized as normal. This article does not appear in some out-of-the-way, obscure publication but in Salon.com It almost seems like a parody such as . . . Continue reading →

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