Heidelcast 84: When Marriage Is Decoupled From Nature

Heidelcast

on February 12, 2015 | 3 Comments

With episode 84 we are taking a brief hiatus from our series on the moral law to talk with one of my favorite authors, Stella Morabito, about an article she published in The Federalist, “A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to . . . Continue reading →

Can Sharia And Freedom Be Friends?

R. Scott Clark

on February 11, 2015 | 1 Comment

(HT: Prager University)

The Bait And Switch Of Gay Monogamy

R. Scott Clark

on February 10, 2015 | 4 Comments

…Michaelson confesses: “there is some truth to the conservative claim that gay marriage is changing, not just expanding, marriage. According to a 2013 study, about half of gay marriages surveyed were not strictly monogamous. This fact is well-known in the gay community—indeed, . . . Continue reading →

A Lonely Citadel Against The 24/7-Culture

R. Scott Clark

on February 9, 2015 | 2 Comments

If you’re old enough to remember when blue laws were common, Bergen on a Sunday is a nostalgia trip. Kids play road hockey, skateboarders practice kickflips on open swaths of pavement, and you may suddenly notice the cawing of blue jays. The . . . Continue reading →

Calvin: The Fifth Commandment Applies Narrowly And Broadly

R. Scott Clark

on January 30, 2015

Since, therefore, the name of Father is a sacred one, and is transferred to men by the peculiar goodness of God, the dishonoring of parents redounds to the dishonor of God Himself, nor can any one despise his father without being guilty . . . Continue reading →

Big Fat Nanny State

R. Scott Clark

on January 28, 2015 | 1 Comment

Okay, we’re living in a big fat nanny state. That’s a euphemism, though. The reality is that central planners have always viewed a child’s first teachers of self-reliance—mothers and fathers—as enemies of the State. The less people learn about basic life skills . . . Continue reading →

It’s Not Crazy. It’s History.

R. Scott Clark

on January 19, 2015 | 2 Comments

For many apologists, though, it’s just easier to call the jihadists “crazy.” Here’s Vox’s Ezra Klein, long-time purveyor of progressive orthodoxy, opining on the Paris murders. He fingers “the madness of the perpetrators, who did something horrible and evil that almost no . . . Continue reading →

Of Phobias And Victims

R. Scott Clark

on January 17, 2015

Simply put, victimology is the language and currency of our politics. Fighting for victims is a calling and minting new victims and grievances is a trillion-dollar industry. Heroism, fidelity, courage, duty, temperance: Their stock value may be volatile but the long-term trends . . . Continue reading →

Congratulations To Senator Sasse

R. Scott Clark

on January 6, 2015 | 3 Comments

“Pray for those in authority over you.”

Utopia Always Morphs To Dystopia

R. Scott Clark

on December 23, 2014 | 2 Comments

As long as human beings are unique, as long as even one of them thinks independently of others, Utopia is a total pipe dream. Compliance must be forced. Or human beings must cease to be human by giving up their uniqueness. Either . . . Continue reading →

Chaplain Punished For Mentioning His Faith

R. Scott Clark

on December 15, 2014 | 12 Comments

The Army has disciplined a military chaplain for making references to the Bible during a suicide-prevention seminar last month. …The chaplain, Capt. Joe Lawhorn, conducted the training session on suicide prevention Nov. 20 at the University of North Georgia. During the session, . . . Continue reading →

Political Correctness Serves Only The Centralization Of Power

R. Scott Clark

on December 12, 2014 | 1 Comment

If you think it through, I think you’ll also come to realize that civil discourse is the biggest impediment to centralized power. How so? When people fear expressing their innermost thoughts to others, friendships cannot develop. Personal associations are nipped in the . . . Continue reading →

On What Political Correctness Really Is

R. Scott Clark

on December 1, 2014 | 4 Comments

“Political Correctness” is a euphemism for the silencing tactics of power elites who are pushing power-consolidating agendas. It works by isolating and marginalizing anybody who might get in the way of those agendas, through smears and threats and psychological manipulation. I think . . . Continue reading →

Caution Against Social Revolution Via The Judiciary

R. Scott Clark

on November 11, 2014 | 1 Comment

This is a case about change—and how best to handle it under the United States Constitution. From the vantage point of 2014, it would now seem, the question is not whether American law will allow gay couples to marry; it is when . . . Continue reading →

From Tolerance To Compulsion

R. Scott Clark

on November 10, 2014

We’ve gone from tolerance to compulsion,’’ the Giffords’ lawyer, James Trainor, told me. “State government should not be forcing people to violate their own religious beliefs, nor should they be forced to make a choice between making a living and violating their . . . Continue reading →

Shi’a Islam Celebration Of Ashura (Caution: Hard To Watch)

R. Scott Clark

on November 5, 2014 | 3 Comments

This is part of the Shia observance of Day of Ashura.

Ben Says Thanks

R. Scott Clark

on November 4, 2014 | 2 Comments

A Flaw Inherent In The 1964 Civil Rights Act

R. Scott Clark

on October 28, 2014 | 1 Comment

When the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, there were a few people like Barry Goldwater who opposed it on principled libertarian grounds. These were not southern rednecks or Dixiecrats, and they were glad to see the end of Jim Crow. . . . Continue reading →

Idaho Ministers Must Perform Homosexual Weddings Or Go To Jail. In America (UPDATED 10/23/14)

R. Scott Clark

on October 18, 2014 | 16 Comments

“For profit wedding chapels are in a position now where last week the ban would have prevented them from performing gay marriages, this week gay marriages are legal, pending an appeal to the 9th Circuit,” Warren Wilson with the Coeur d’Alene City . . . Continue reading →

Another Significant Threat To Constitutional Liberties (UPDATED)

R. Scott Clark

on October 15, 2014 | 25 Comments

In May of this year the Houston city council passed the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) that requires businesses and workplaces to make available restroom facilities not according to sex but according to gender identity. A group of Houston area pastors has . . . Continue reading →

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