Commentary
Justice and Righteousnesss
- January 22, 2013
- Streets Versus Dreams
- I was thinking about posting a new article but then I remembered this piece that I wrote. This article was originally published in a newsletter for the Ruth Institute a few years ago, but the content is still on target. Under President Obama, black unemployment is higher than it has been in over forty years. Because his inauguration followed so closely to Dr King's birthday, I wanted a little sepa
Ethics as Worship
- May 17, 2013
- Murder or Abortion: What’s the Difference?
- CNN reported on a tragic story about a woman whose boyfriend tricked her into taking an abortion-inducing drug after she told him she was pregnant. The boyfriend, John Andrew Welden, is now facing first-degree murder charges for killing the unborn child. Welden told his girlfriend that his father, a doctor, had prescribed her an antibiotic […]
Law and the Created Order
- May 25, 2013
- The Totalitarian Threat of Same Sex Marriage
- In 1803, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Marbury v. Madison that established the doctrine of judicial review. This is the doctrine that enables the courts to determine whether the actions of the other two branches (most commonly the actions of Congress) are consistent with the U.S. Constitution. The doctrine has not been without criticism, but has been an accepted part o
