Category Archives: Progressives

The Changing Importance of Marriage and Cultural Dysfunction, by Dr. Jim Eckman

The Changing Importance of Marriage and Cultural Dysfunction May 11th, 2013 | By Dr. Jim Eckman | Category: Culture & Wordview, Featured Issues The breakdown of marriage and its connection to childbearing in American culture is now a given:  In 1980, about 18% of … Continue reading

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Human Sexuality and Biblical Ethics: Is There Hope? by Dr. Jim Eckman

Human Sexuality and Biblical Ethics: Is There Hope? May 4th, 2013 | By Dr. Jim Eckman | Category: Ethics, Featured Issues, Politics & Current Events Since the 1960s, American culture has experienced a tectonic shift in how it views human sexuality.  It began with the … Continue reading

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Race and the Gun Debate by [very liberal] Juan Williams

The No. 1 cause of death for African-American men between the ages of 15 and 34: being murdered with a gun. By JUAN WILLIAMS, March 27, 2013 in the Wall Street Journal This week much of the talk about gun control … Continue reading

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“The Pulpit Is Responsible For It” by Chuck Baldwin

“The Pulpit Is Responsible For It” By Chuck Baldwin The famed 19th Century revivalist and major contributor to America’s “Second Great Awakening,” Charles Finney, said the following: “If there is a decay of conscience, the pulpit is responsible for it. If … Continue reading

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Marriage is more than a legal or a constitutional matter” by Jim Eckman

“For those of us committed to genuine biblical Christianity, marriage is far more than merely a legal or a constitutional matter.  The Creation Ordinance of God stipulates unambiguously that marriage is between a man and a woman for life.  There … Continue reading

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FEMINISM…Christina Hoff Sommers has written a most helpful article in the March edition of The Atlantic

“What if gender difference turns out to be a phenomenon not of oppression, but rather of social well-being?” Sommers cites the disparity between men and women in engineering as an example. Perhaps American women earn fewer degrees in engineering because … Continue reading

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“Overpaid and Underworked” Federal Employees… by Jason Richwine

“Overpaid and Underworked” Federal Employees? It’s Not Just a “Perception” Jason Richwine March 1, 2013 at 2:38 pm The Washington Post has a sympathetic article today on federal workers who consider themselves unfair victims of the sequester. Unfortunately, the article … Continue reading

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Busting 5 Myths About the Minimum Wage…by Amy Payne

  When someone says “minimum wage,” what comes to mind? Do you think of teenagers flipping burgers? Or a single parent trying to feed several kids? While President Obama and other proponents of a higher minimum wage want you to … Continue reading

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Calvin Coolidge and the Moral Case for Economy by Amity Shlaes

Amity Shlaes, Author, Coolidge AMITY SHLAES is a syndicated columnist for Bloomberg, a director of the Four Percent Growth Project at the George W. Bush Presidential Center, and a member of the board of the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation. She has served as … Continue reading

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Carbon Tax Hallucinations…by Paul Driessen

Carbon Tax Hallucinations by Paul Driessen on February 19, 2013      Print This Post Average planetary temperatures haven’t budged in 16 years. Hurricanes and strong tornadoes are at or near their lowest ebb in decades. Global sea ice is back to normal, … Continue reading

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