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Kermit Gosnell is escorted from Philadelphia’s Criminal Justice Center to a police van Monday.

The judgment of one monster

Abortion |  PHILADELPHIA—A jury took two weeks to find abortionist Kermit Gosnell guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of three of four babies. If you personally…

Good reading on Islam

Good reading on Islam

Islam |  On Friday, WORLD Magazine will publish an article detailing how the National Endowment for the Humanities is using taxpayer funds to promote Islam in the…

The IRS Building in Washington, D.C.

Tax collection as a political weapon

Politics |  The IRS has “apologized” to the Tea Party and other conservative groups for “overzealous audits.” Between 2010, the year of President Barack Obama’s…

Mark Driscoll

How to lose an argument

Religion |  Mark Driscoll, megachurch pastor, conference speaker, author, husband and father, has added another facet to his job description: lightning rod. Wherever his…

Twittering our way to national literary rehabilitation

Twittering our way to national literary rehabilitation

Technology |  I know, I know, the verb is “tweeting.” But I just got on board this month, so cut me a break. It was April 28, 2013, that I even acquired my first cell…

Cui Xinyuan's fighter jet statue, which blocked traffic on a busy boulevard in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province.

Faith in China and Jerusalem

Religion |  In the 1890s American pragmatist William James, brother of novelist Henry, tried peyote in his attempt to discern some varieties of religious faith. In the…

Pakistani soldiers patrol during elections in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Saturday.

Democracy without liberty is tyranny

Pakistan |  Pakistan’s election today reminds me that the United States made a big mistake in Iraq and Afghanistan by pushing democracy rather than liberty. As the…

A response: Is it wrong to treat some sins differently?

A response: Is it wrong to treat some sins differently?

Homosexuality |  Barnabas Piper in his column yesterday, “This sin but not that sin,” comes down on himself and others for making too much of Jason Collins’ affirmation…

This sin but not that sin

This sin but not that sin

Homosexuality |  Last week I wrote about how Christians should respond to NBA player Jason Collins coming out as gay. Later a young gay man challenged me as to why Christians…

Masking shameful realities with words

Masking shameful realities with words

Abortion |  “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and,

A father and daughter play with recent online purchases from Amazon.com.

Taxing internet sales isn’t about ‘fairness,’ it’s about spending

Government |  In 1998 when President Clinton signed the bipartisan Internet Tax Freedom Act, which prohibited state and local taxation of internet access and internet-only…

A ballad for the babies and the mothers

A ballad for the babies and the mothers

Abortion |  PHILADELPHIA—On the day everybody who was anybody was in court, on the day of closing arguments in abortionist Kermit Gosnell’s murder trial, a woman made…

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