The Fifth Column

God doesn’t work the way we would like Him to. Fine examples of this can be found in the Holocaust and the atom bomb, in child abuse and the...

It’s eerie, really. Five centuries ago, lay university professors invoked Scripture and religion in order to attack and destroy an opponent ...

Many people have asked me if I can back up my absurd charge that synthetic estrogens from oral contraceptives are disrupting the environment...

I was thinking about an essay on this subject, but why re-invent the wheel? This essay is simply brilliant http://www.paulgraham.com/hiring....

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme,” said Mark Twain, and that certainly seems true today. It has been noted in this column ...

Unusual things are happening in the feminist world. The Hungarian representative to UN’s Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Agai...

To the south, east and west, Spain is bounded by water. Even at its narrowest point, at the straits of Gibralter, ten miles of ocean separat...

With the upcoming nomination to replace Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, we are witnessing a return to one of the founding princip...

Not to be too apocalyptic, but... "Proclaim ye this among the nations: Prepare war, raise up the strong: let them come, let all the men...

After reading the story about a developer attempting to take Justice Souter's house , it occurred to me that this ruling could create a ...

The German word for war is “der Krieg.” It comes from the verb “kriegen” which means, “to take.” For Germans, war means “the taking.” With t...

In the last essay, we saw why science cut ties with Christianity. Now we shall examine the details of what happened. In order to do this, we...

As was pointed out in the previous essay, neither Eastern mysticism nor any other religious worldview except Christianity was amenable to th...

In the re-emerging debate over creationism, intelligent design and evolution, much has been made of the need to keep religious faith out of ...

As the family disintegrates, Western culture has proven itself unequal to the task of keeping up with the change. We have no model for a non...

Warning: massive plot spoilers. Do not read if you don’t want to know the plot of Revenge of the Sith. George Lucas has a wife and three ...

Well, I thought I would put in a plug for the new typology course starting June 5th at the College of Athanasius. If you have ever wanted to...

America’s three-party system is mutating yet again, but it is unclear exactly how the game will play out. Hmmm….? Yes, you read that right. ...

In an unexpected turn of events, Newsweek has revealed their recent story concerning false allegations that military interrogators flushed t...

If you get a chance to read Pat Buchanan's latest piece on World War II, do it. I have noted more than once in this space that Nazi euge...