(ABP) — During the presidency of Ronald Reagan, divorce rates escalated. Gay marriage first became legal during the administration of George W. Bush. How does culture change? What works? What doesn't? James Davison Hunter's latest work, To Change the World:…
Alligators, prime ministers, and pennies
By Jim Denison Authorities in Gulfport, Miss., recently subdued a nearly-13-foot-long weighing 800 pounds. They used a forklift to get the beast out of the water, but first they duct-taped its massive jaws shut. (Who was the first person to…
Singing in the storms
By Jim Denison I’m old enough to remember a day when most people trusted the authority figures in their lives. When employees respected the companies they served, fans believed in sports heroes, and communities esteemed bankers and scientists and elected…
I am what I think you think I am
By Jim Denison Are you a candidate for the Supreme Court? Don’t answer too quickly; the list of potential nominees is growing daily. Justice John Paul Stevens will retire this summer. President Obama will then submit his second pick for…
Are we Rome?
By Jim Denison Is America in decline? Yale historian Paul Kennedy argued in The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers that nations ascend due to the supremacy of their material resources. When they inevitably spend their wealth on military…
Is God your hobby?
By Jim Denison These are tough times for Christianity in the West. The Catholic Church in Germany is embroiled in an expanding sexual-abuse scandal. The head of Ireland’s Catholic Church has apologized for his role in mishandling the case of…
Why Israel?
By Jim Denison Why is a plot of land smaller than New Jersey the stage for so much world history? I am leading study tours in Israel and Egypt as this column is being posted. This is my 12th time…
The cure for the restless soul
By Jim Denison Have you heard about the millionaire who is giving away the fortune that made him miserable? Karl Rabeder is a 47-year-old businessman in Austria. He and his wife live in an Alpine lakeside villa when they’re not…
The $21 billion shim
By Jim Denison A piece of steel the size of a postage stamp is making global news. Toyota has been in the headlines for weeks with massive recalls and safety concerns. The company has recalled more than 5.3 million cars,…
The meaning of Massachusetts
By Jim Denison Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat will be filled by a Republican. On January 19, a state that has not sent a Republican to the Senate in 37 years elected Scott Brown by a decisive margin. Why? Newsweek offered…
Pat Robertson, Haiti and the devil, Part III
(Editor’s Note: This is the final of three special opinion pieces by ABP Senior Columnist Jim Denison on Pat Robertson’s comments about the Haitian earthquake disaster. The first was published Jan. 14, and the second on Jan. 15. Denison’s regular…
Pat Robertson, Haiti and the devil, Part II
(Editor’s Note: This is the second of three special opinion pieces by ABP Senior Columnist Jim Denison on Pat Robertson’s comments about the Haitian earthquake disaster. The first was published Jan. 14. Denison’s regular FaithLines column will continue to be…