Eric Metaxas notes what is motivating some of the dissidents in China, including the most famous one at the moment.
Posts Tagged ‘human rights’
The rest of the story
Posted in That's Life, tagged Christians, current events, human dignity, human rights on May 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The American Mind, or The Logic of Freedom
Posted in That's Life, tagged America, citizenship, culture, freedom, government, history, human dignity, human rights, politics, worldviews on July 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Letters from an Ohio Farmer provides a great little history and philosophy lesson, in The American Mind.
The American Creed
Posted in That's Life, tagged America, citizenship, faith, freedom, government, history, human dignity, human rights, society, worldviews on July 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Chuck Colson builds on G. K. Chesterton’s observation that America is the only nation in the world founded on a creed. hat tip: Sue Thielke (on Facebook)
Some United States of America history
Posted in That's Life, tagged America, citizenship, freedom, government, history, human dignity, human rights on July 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Celebrate Our Freedom -The Declaration of Independence.
Some Canadian history
Posted in That's Life, tagged Canada, freedom, history, human dignity, human rights on July 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Brian Lilley laments that too many people seem to view Canadian history as starting in the 1960s. He, quite rightly, thinks it goes back much further than that. By the way, I didn’t know that “Ontario’s first lieutenant -governor, John Graves Simcoe, led the charge to abolish slavery in Upper Canada in 1793, 40 years [...]
“Is this equality…?”
Posted in That's Life, tagged Christianity, culture wars, current events, freedom, government, human rights, law, religious freedom, UK, worldviews on April 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“…I never imagined that my skills as a lawyer would be used to defend Christians for following their faith in 21st Century Britain…”- Andrea Minichiello Williams. Full article here. (The article also “appeared in the Mail on Sunday on 24th April, 2011.”) hat tip: Alliance Alert
American Anthem for Life
Posted in That's Life, Uncategorized, tagged America, Christian music, Christians, citizenship, culture wars, human rights, music, pro-life, videos on April 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
An EWTN video of the Walk for Life West Coast. Cross-posted at Ladies for Life.
Our courts having lost their moral way…
Posted in That's Life, tagged America, citizenship, culture wars, current events, ethics, freedom, government, human dignity, human rights, law, morality, society, worldviews on March 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
… David Bentley Hart makes A Modest Proposal for restoring sanity to our land. You must promise me that you will read all of it if you read any of it. His colleague at First Things, Hadley Arkes, traces how we got to the present state of insanity, where thugs are protected and decent people [...]
Miami Herald: “Cuba is no Egypt”
Posted in That's Life, tagged culture wars, current events, freedom, government, history, human dignity, human rights, military, news, news media, society, totalitarianism, tyranny on February 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This Miami Herald editorial compares the Castro dictatorship with Mubarek’s long grip on power. hat tip: Vital Signs
