OrthodoxyToday | Dinesh D’Souza | Jan. 6, 2009 In recent years there has arisen a new atheism that represents a direct attack on Western Christianity. Books such as Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion, Christopher Hitchens’ God Is Not Great, and Sam Harris’ The End of Faith, all contend that Western society would be better off … Read more
Telegraph UK | Christopher Booker | Dec. 31, 2008 The first, on May 21, headed “Climate change threat to Alpine ski resorts” , reported that the entire Alpine “winter sports industry” could soon “grind to a halt for lack of snow”. The second, on December 19, headed “The Alps have best snow conditions in a … Read more
OrthodoxyToday.org | Fr. Johannes L. Jacobse | Nov. 24, 2008 It used to be that when the voters settled on something — even twice, the matter was decided. No more. Proposition 8, the bitterly fought constitutional amendment restricting marriage to one man and one woman that squeaked by in California recently, needs to be “overturned” … Read more
OrthodoxyToday | Michael Cook | Nov. 13, 2008 Euthanasia is back in the headlines. The US Supreme Court has reviewed Oregon’s assisted-suicide law. The UK’s House of Lords is debating a private members bill for euthanasia. And the Dutch government has approved a plan for the involuntary euthanasia of terminally ill infants. Shocking? Perhaps it … Read more
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese | Oct. 28, 2008 The decision of the California Supreme Court on May 15, 2008, unilaterally redefines the sacred institution of marriage in a manner unprecedented in human history — and alien to our Christian tradition. We, the Orthodox Christian bishops of California, were saddened by this decision which constitutes a … Read more
National Post | Kelly McParland | Oct. 20, 2008 In early September, I began noticing a string of news stories about scientists rejecting the orthodoxy on global warming. Actually, it was more like a string of guest columns and long letters to the editor since it is hard for skeptical scientists to get published in … Read more
OrthodoxyToday.org | Raymond Ibrahim | Sep. 18, 2008 Al Qaeda declares Coptic priest Zakaria Botros “one of the most wanted infidels in the world” and offers $60 million for his head. You have probably never heard of Father Zakaria Botros. But you need to know his story. He is far and away the most-watched and … Read more
American Thinker | James Lewis | Sept. 7, 2008 Yes, kids, science is a wonderful thing. But not nearly as wonderful as climate modeling, which can perform supernatural miracles. Honest! Climate modeling can raise the level of the oceans (even without Obama’s intervention), it can burn up the planet a hundred years from now, and … Read more
American Thinker | Jamie Glazov | Jun 29, 2008 American Thinker’s guest today is David Klinghoffer, a senior fellow in the Discovery Institute’s program in Religion, Liberty, and Public Life and a former senior editor of National Review. He is the author of The Lord Will Gather Me In, Why the Jews Rejected Jesus, and … Read more
OrthodoxyToday.org | Timothy Birdnow | May 26, 2008 This is what “progressive” social policies and good intentions have wrought! (What is paved with good intentions?) Feminism, welfare, and the sexual revolution, along with the explosion of narcotics, have completely destroyed the black family. This woman had a father, who was probably a drug addict or … Read more