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Obiter 0
- September/October 2000
- September 1, 2000
So far this millennium has packed a sprightly pace of events into the opening months (I choose to begin it with this year and not the next, as do some of the purists who are out of step with public perception, which is, after all, the only meaningful measure to something that is an artifice
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Op. Cit.0
- September/October 2000
- September 1, 2000
Back to Creation From time to time I've come across a copy of your magazine and have enjoyed several of the articles in its pages. A recent article, "Monkey Fever in Kansas" (March/April 2000), was of particular interest to me as I do workshops for teachers and am a consultant with public schools concerning the
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The Limits of Civil Authority 0
- September/October 2000
- September 1, 2000
There are limits to the authority of the civil power, and these limits should be clearly understood by the people. A republican form of government, as contrasted with an absolute monarchy, implies a limitation to the powers of the government beyond which it cannot rightfully go. Civil government is not the custodian of the souls
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The Poisoned Chalice 0
- September/October 2000
- September 1, 2000
Pat continued to stake out that position. But as a guest on that show back in 1998 I felt duty-bound to remind the conservative firebrand that just four years earlier a nationally syndicated columnist had written "The reason voters in 16 states rejected voucher proposals on the ballot was because they didn't want the 'poisoned
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The Faithful Prey 0
- September/October 2000
- September 1, 2000
These people were talking about Philip Harmon, a genial salesman from Camano Island, Washington. Unfortunately, their experience was shared by hundreds of other churchgoers. They were all mistaken in their judgment of this "good" man. Harmon was a "crook," who stole more than $30 million from several hundred investors. Many of his victims were in
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Bubble-Zone Freedom 0
- September/October 2000
- September 1, 2000
The young woman, like so many others before her, brushes past the older woman on the sidewalk, averting her eyes from a sign with a baby's picture and the words "Why, Mom–When I Have So Much Love to Give?" "We have only about seven seconds to try to make a contact with them," says 52
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