Tag Archives: The Atlantic

Post Election Reflections

Posted on November 8, 2024 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

I didn’t like any of the three non-binding advisory questions on the ballot here in Illinois. The “Millionaire Tax” serves as a “gotcha” move by those who live with envy. And the Assisted Reproductive Healthcare Advisory Question is laden with controversy.

Posted in Federal, Marriage/Family/Culture, Religious Liberty, Sexuality | Tagged Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University, David Frum, Donald Trump, Dr. George Barna, Election Integrity, Electoral College, Gavin Newsom, George Barna, Hugh Hewitt, J.D. Vance, Kamala Harris, L.A. Times, Millionaire Tax, Ray Ortlund, sex education, The Atlantic, the view, The Washington Post, Tim Walz, U.S. Supreme Court | Comments Off

The Book Evangelical Elites Don’t Want You To Read

Posted on August 8, 2024 by David E Smith

If you want to better understand what’s going on inside American evangelicalism’s elite, Shepherds for Sale (2024) by Megan Basham is a great place to start. And if you are a member of the evangelical elite yourself, you should read her book to understand what is going on among rank-and-file evangelicals.

Posted in Faith, Media Watch | Tagged Abortion, Christianity Today, Climate change, COVID–19, Critical Race Theory, Donald J. Trump, Gavin Ortlund, immigration, John G. West, LGTBQ issues, Megan Basham, Shepherds for Sale, Stockholm Syndrome Christians, The Atlantic, The Daily Wire, The Dispatch, the me-too movement, Tim Alberta, Tim Keller, Warren Cole Smith | Comments Off

Why Are (Young) Women So Woke?

Posted on March 23, 2024 by David E Smith

Commenting on a Finland-based study published in the Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, Oskari Lahtinen, the author of the study, said, “The gender divide was probably most surprising to me. Three out of five women view ‘woke’ ideas positively, but only one out of seven men.”

Posted in Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged Elizabeth Boskey, Greg Gutfeld, Hannah Sparks, New York Post, Oskari Lahtinen, Rose Horowitch, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, The Atlantic, The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, VeryWellHealth | Comments Off

IVF Companies Depend on Abortion

Posted on August 10, 2023 by David E Smith

The decision striking down Roe v. Wade has led to shrill outcries by providers of in vitro fertilization & surrogacy. Both are lucrative, high-growth commercial industries enjoying increasing demand, thanks in part to rising infertility & late pregnancy among folk in income brackets able to pay for these services. Many of those involved in this industry are alarmed that their “market growth” & profitability are threatened by abortion restrictions & are willing to publicly say so.

Posted in Sanctity of Life | Tagged Abortion Pills, artificial intelligence, Biotechnology and Bioethics, Charlotte Lozier Institute, David J. Ayers, David Prentice, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, fertility clinic, frozen embryos, Harvard Law School, In Vitro Fertilization, Katy Faust, multifetal pregnancy reduction, Petrie Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Roe v. Wade, Snowflake Babies, Stacy Manning, surrogacy, The Atlantic, Them Before Us | Comments Off

How The Federal Government Used Evangelical Leaders To Spread COVID Propaganda To Churches

Posted on February 2, 2022 by David E Smith

In September, Wheaton College dean Ed Stetzer interviewed National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins on his podcast, “Church Leadership” about why Christians who want to obey Christ’s command to love their neighbors should get the Covid vaccine and avoid indulging in misinformation.

Posted in Religious Liberty | Tagged Billy Graham Center, Christianity Today, City Journal, COVID–19, David Brooks, David French, Down Syndrome, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Ed Stetzer, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Francis Collins, Gavin Newsom, George W. Bush, Joe Carter, John MacArthur, LifeWay, Michael Gerson, N.T. Wright, National Institutes of Health, Pete Wehner, President Obama, QAnon, Rick Warren, Russell Moore, Southern Baptist Convention, The Atlantic, The Daily Wire, The Gospel Coalition, The New York Times, Tim Keller, Time Magazine, Vinay Prasad, Washington Post, Wuhan lab | Comments Off

Transgender Fury

Posted on July 7, 2018 by David E Smith

You’ve heard the old saying that starts, “Hell hath no fury”? It pretty well describes today’s transgender activists.

If you want to see how far down the slope civic discourse has slid in the land of free speech and “tolerance,” I give you an article in The Atlantic by Jesse Singhal [sic] entitled, “When Children Say They’re Trans.”

Rather than the unabashed cheerleading you might expect in a secular, progressive magazine, the article is surprisingly balanced. And that’s just the problem for transgender activists.

Said one on Twitter: “This guy’s one-man crusade against trans people has gone on for years. …

Posted in Sexuality | Tagged Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Chick-fil-A, Chuck Colso, David Marcus, Jack Dorsey, Jesse Singal, LGBT Pride month, Rod Dreher, The Atlantic, The Federalist, transgenderism | Comments Off

The Fabulist Fourth Estate and “Chestfeeding” Fake Men

Posted on August 26, 2016 by David E Smith

Perhaps you’ve been living in the real world—and by real, I mean the world that actually exists, where actual science matters, where language exists that corresponds to objective phenomena, where truth is valued more than subjective feelings, and where life is yet enveloped in a cozy blanket of freedom.

Posted in Sexuality | Tagged Alanna Kibbe, La Leche League, Oceania, The Atlantic, Trevor MacDonald | Comments Off

ISIS Attacks in Paris

Posted on November 17, 2015 by David E Smith

Friday’s attack in Paris, when ISIS terrorists attacked a concert hall, a soccer stadium, and a neighborhood known for its cafes, killing at least 129 people and wounding another 350, was the second wave of terror launched against the City of Light just this year. Back in January, terrorists attacked the offices of the magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket, killing a dozen people.

According to French president Francois Hollande, ISIS has “declared war” on France and that France’s response will be “pitiless.”

And the most common reaction here in the States, besides pity for the victims, is …

Posted in Islam & Sharia | Tagged Charlie Hebdo, Francois Hollande, Haaretz, ISIS, Paris, The Atlantic | Comments Off