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My Kingdom…0
- July/August 2021
- July 1, 2021
This article is the latest in a series addressing changes in church and state relations in America. Because of the great influence of Christianity in America since the Colonial Era and onward, this article distinguishes between Christianity that adheres more closely to its biblical roots and that in unfortunate times in the history of Western
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The Cost of Free Speech 0
- July/August 2021
- July 1, 2021
Illustration by Jon Krause It was not too long ago that Americans were wholeheartedly defined by a dedication to concepts of freedom of speech and the equal availability of knowledge—and many still recoil at the idea that somebody else should tell them what to think and might control what they can say to each other.
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The Darkness Drops Again 0
- May/June 2021
- May 1, 2021
Those words come from William Butler Yeats 1919 poem “The Second Coming.” He wrote it immediately after the Great War—expected to be, hoped to be, by many, the last war. (So much for hope over realism.) He also wrote it just after the so-called Spanish flu had killed as many as 50 million worldwide and
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Could it Be in America?0
- May/June 2021
- May 1, 2021
Consequential circumstances can sometimes be triggered by inconsequential events. Given the versatility of wind and weather, it might seem of little consequence that the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock rather than far to the south near Virginia, but nevertheless the event has etched itself deeply into the historical consciousness of the country. The Puritan settlement
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