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The Democrats’ Platform Plank on Abortion: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back?
Much has been made of the Democratic Party’s new platform plank on abortion. Jim Wallis has hailed the new language as “an historic step forward.” Is it? more »
By Richard Land - Sep 5, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, , Science, Bioethics
Living your values
Sen. John McCain electrified the Republican base and millions of people of every political persuasion last Friday when he selected Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate. more »
By Richard Land - Sep 3, 2008 - (17)
Topic: Faith, Family, Parenting, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship,
Land, McLaren ‘diavlog’ on religion, politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—An innovative Internet video technology provided a venue Aug. 20 for a real-time “diavlog” between Brian McLaren, an author and leader in the Emerging Church movement, and Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. more »
By Andrea Frankenfeld - Aug 21, 2008 - (2)
Topic: Faith, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship
Homeschoolers win important victory
It seems that miracles still do occur. I have heard of courts reversing their decisions before, but it has always been new judges reversing their predecessors’ decisions. more »
By Richard Land - Aug 21, 2008 - (4)
Topic: Family, Children, Education, , Citizenship,
Does Hollywood Really Undermine Marriage?
The Parents Television Council (PTC) thinks so. They have just released a new study, Happily Never After: How Hollywood Favors Adultery and Promiscuity Over Marital Intimacy on Prime Time Broadcast Television. more »
By Richard Land - Aug 14, 2008 - (2)
Topic: Family, Marriage, Pop Culture, Sexual Purity
Caution: Robert McElvaine’s “Grand Theft Jesus” has a problem with facts
I am a hopeless bibliophile. I love reading books, fondling books, being surrounded by books, looking forward to reading books, and remembering fondly books I have read and reread. more »
By Richard Land - Aug 8, 2008 - (8)
Topic: , Faith, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship
Reduction in homelessness: Let us pause to praise good news
The federal government has announced that the country has cut the number of “chronically homeless people” by approximately 30 percent between 2005 and 2007. more »
By Richard Land - Aug 1, 2008 - (1)
Topic: Citizenship, Hunger/Homelessness
Randy Pausch: a life well lived
Over the last few months Randy Pausch captured the attention of much of the world as he had captivated his students for years. Pausch, an extremely popular Carnegie Mellon University professor of computer science, was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. more »
By Richard Land - Jul 25, 2008 - (2)
The Second Amendment, guns, and the Supreme Court
The verdict is now in from the U.S. Supreme Court—the Second Amendment means what it says. In a historic 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in District of Columbia v. more »
By Richard Land - Jul 3, 2008 - (4)
Topic: Citizenship, ,
Iraq: When Will Progress Be Acknowledged As Significant?
Last month 21 U.S. soldiers were killed in Iraq, 17 from hostile fire. In May 2007, there were 127 causalities in Iraq. The “surge” is working and bringing with it a measure of military and political success that must be a surprise even to its most ardent proponents. more »
By Richard Land - Jun 21, 2008 - (7)
Topic: Citizenship, , Human Rights, War