Written by Trevor Thomas
In September of 2008, U.S. Senator, vice-presidential candidate, and democrat Joe Biden was asked his thoughts—“as a Roman Catholic”—on when life begins. Demonstrating a vast ignorance of science, along with an unflattering display of faith, he told NBC’s Tom Brokaw, “Look, I know when it begins for me.” A decade later, using the same “post-truth” relativism, New York Mayor, presidential candidate, and democrat Bill de Blasio, after signing a law that allows New Yorkers to declare their chosen gender on their birth certificate, told a cheering crowd, “You be you.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Anthony Kennedy, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Bill de Blasio, Brett Kavanaugh, civil rights, Democrat Party, Democratic Socialism, Elizabeth Warren, Hyde Amendment, Joe Biden, John Zmirak, Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Roman Catholic, Steven Hayward, Tom Brokaw, transgender equality, Trump-Russia-collusion conspiracy, U.S. Supreme Court, Venezuela, William Lane Craig
IFA News | David E. Smith | June 15, 2019 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Democrats: The “Post-Truth” Party
Written by Joe Carter
“Socialism,” said Richard John Neuhaus, “is the religion people get when they lose their religion.” While that might have been true in Neuhaus’s day, many young Christians are now attempting to have their faith and socialism too.
I never got the opportunity to meet Fr. Neuhaus. He died in January 2009, two months before I started working as the web editor at the magazine he founded, First Things. I suspect, though, that the staunch advocate of democratic capitalism would be surprised and dismayed to find his publication now has editors who identify as socialist and columnists who claim capitalism is inimical to Christianity.… Continue Reading
Tags: Andrew Strain, Capitalism, David Bentley Hart, David Ciepley, Dorothy Day, Economics, Free Market, G.K. Chesterton, John Zmirak, Pascal Boyer, Ray Dalio, Richard John Neuhaus, Robert Sirico, Socialism
Federal Issues | Benjamin D. Smith | August 3, 2017 4:00 AM | Comments Off on Why is Socialism Being Promoted by Conservative Christian Outlets?