In recent years, few terms have generated more alarmist headlines or rhetorical confusion than “Christian Nationalism.” To hear progressive voices in academia, media, and government tell it, this phrase evokes images of Bible-waving insurrectionists plotting theocratic coups. But scratch beneath the surface, and a different picture emerges—one not of a growing extremist movement, but of…
Media Hall of Fame Series: Fox News
In the modern American media ecosystem, no outlet has been more synonymous with conservative news than Fox News. Since its founding in 1996 by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and former Nixon and Reagan advisor Roger Ailes, Fox News has grown from a fledgling upstart into the most-watched cable news network in the country. It is…
Media Hall of Fame Series: CBN News
In an age where the mainstream media industry is awash in relativism, selective outrage, and secular dogma, CBN News stands out as a powerful exception—one that not only reports the truth but does so with spiritual conviction and biblical clarity. As the news arm of the Christian Broadcasting Network, CBN News brings something few other…
Critical Issues Dividing the Parties and the Nation: Civil Rights
Few political phrases carry as much moral weight in American public life as civil rights. It is a term that evokes the nation’s highest ideals—liberty, equality before the law, and protection from unjust government power. Because of this moral weight, civil rights has become one of the most contested and misused concepts in modern political…
Critical Issues Dividing The Parties and the Nation: Immigration and the Border
Immigration and border policy is one of the most persistent, polarizing, and consequential issues in contemporary American politics. It sits at the intersection of national security, economic opportunity, humanitarian concern, rule of law, and national identity. For many voters, it drives electoral choices, affects local public services, and stokes powerful cultural emotions. Yet despite its…
Critical Issues Dividing the Parties and the Nation: Gay Adoption and Foster Parenting
Few social issues expose the fault lines of modern America as clearly as gay adoption and foster parenting. What at first glance appears to be a narrow question about family structure quickly expands into debates over human nature, children’s rights, the role of government, religious liberty, and the meaning of equality itself. For this reason,…
Critical Issues Dividing the Parties and the Nation: Gay Marriage
The question of gay marriage occupies a unique and enduring place in modern American political life because it is not merely a policy dispute. It is a disagreement about the nature of marriage itself, the role of the state in redefining long-standing social institutions, and the moral framework that undergirds law, family, and civil society.…
Critical Issues Dividing the Parties and the Nation: Religious Liberty
Religious liberty is not a side issue in American life. It is one of the load-bearing pillars of the constitutional order, and when it weakens, the entire structure of a free society begins to creak. The Founders did not treat religious freedom as a hobby right or a private eccentricity. They treated it as a…
Media Hall of Shame Series: Discovery Now!
Discovery Now! is the kind of name that inspires wonder. With its bright visuals, trendy narration, and dynamic programming, it presents itself as a digital-age platform for “curious minds” and lifelong learners. A newer face in the media landscape, Discovery Now! has sought to blend educational content with pop culture relevance, aspiring to become a…
Media Hall of Shame Series: USA Today
At first glance, USA Today may not seem like an obvious candidate for a “Hall of Shame.” Compared to overtly ideological outlets like Rolling Stone or The Nation, USA Today presents itself as cheerful, accessible, and middle-of-the-road. Its colorful graphics, digest-style layout, and bite-sized summaries are designed to appeal to a broad, mainstream audience. But…
Silencing the Saints: The Left’s Hypocrisy on Faith and Public Life
Americans live in a strange moment. For all our talk about “free speech,” “pluralism,” and “diversity,” there is one voice that many in our cultural elite insist should remain silent: the Christian voice. You hear it in classrooms, corporations, and newsrooms—often delivered with the smirk of enlightened certainty—that “religion has no place in public policy,”…
Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? Debunking Ten Myths and Reclaiming the Truth
The question of whether the United States was founded as a Christian nation is one of the most hotly contested issues in contemporary cultural and political debates. Progressives and secularists assert that America was founded as a secular republic where religion was to remain a private matter with no bearing on public life. Many Christians,…