Elizabeth Bartholet, Wasserstein public interest professor of law and faculty director of the Law School’s Child Advocacy Program, sees risks for children—and society—in homeschooling, and recommends a presumptive ban on the practice. Homeschooling, she says, not only violates children’s right to a “meaningful education” and their right to be protected from potential child abuse, but... Continue Reading

In our present moment, it feels inevitable that if we allow our minds to rest, to wander where they will, we’ll be flooded with fear and anxiety. Better to keep busy, better to have something to distract us from the present difficulties and future unknowns.    I’ve got my to-do list in front of me.... Continue Reading

“Be strong, and let us show ourselves courageous for the sake of our people . . . and may the LORD do what is good in His sight” (II Samuel 10:12; I Chronicles 19:13). [Note: The above verse of Scripture – spoken by David’s army commander Joab to his brother Abishai as they prepared to... Continue Reading

The evidence is more than clear. Communism, socialism, and progressivism have each made huge comebacks, re-entering political discourse blatantly and, just as importantly, very quietly, over the past decades. Even the very words “socialism,” “communism,” and, especially, “progressivism,” have reacquired respect and a semblance of dignity in many circles of public thought and discourse.  ... Continue Reading

Almost everyone has a moral compass of some sort. For some, it can be so damaged that a person celebrates evil as if it were good. Consciences can be marred. Thankfully, the Holy Spirit renovates our natures so that we can again will and choose what is good, honorable, and right.   Over the last month,... Continue Reading

I am agnostic on the topic of “conversion,” though I suspect the subject is more diverse and complicated than political soundbites let on. But I’m not agnostic about the new JAMA Psychiatry study. There are at least four good reasons for being leery of the results appearing therein.   In a “study” that arrived to much media... Continue Reading

It is not possible, he believes, to build a sustainable social order around a collection of desiring subjects—yet the strength of the ideologies of the 1960s is too great to permit an alternative to emerge. For Europe, beset by a globalization that threatens its coherence and independence from the world’s superpowers, the only answer is... Continue Reading

A coworker of mine sent out a note Sunday morning, asking for prayer because both his cousin and grandmother had died from COVID-19, the disease caused by this new coronavirus. And the latest forecast is that, in the U.S. alone, there will be 100,000 or more deaths from this virus. Yet God tells us—His very name... Continue Reading

Governor Andy Beshear followed through on a promise he made Friday – there will be consequences for people who attend in person Easter services. “Understand that this is the only way that we can ensure that your decision doesn’t kill somebody else,” Gov. Beshear said.   LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Some religious leaders believe the lines... Continue Reading

It was 1918, and the war in Europe was on. In March, the first case of what became known as the Spanish Flu appeared at a Kansas Army post. By late 1919, 675,000 Americans had died. Around the world, an estimated 60 million lives would be lost by 1922.   In 1998, the eightieth anniversary... Continue Reading