John Grano and Richard Land
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Honoring our Vietnam veterans
The Vietnam War ended up being a national heartbreak which caused far more suffering than it alleviated. But these service members sacrificed all their tomorrows because America asked them to, and we cannot dishonor their memory.
Reflections on the year ahead
As I sit in my study writing this column, I find myself in a contemplative mode. I have just experienced a Christmas season unlike any other in my eight decades of existence.
The universal uniqueness of Christmas
What is Christmas about? What is all the fuss?
Is a Catholic ‘charter school’ the answer?
If Catholics in Oklahoma want such a school, it must be funded by private money furnished by the supporters of such education. Let me be clear, I would oppose such a sectarian charter school if it were Baptist.
Is America leading the world in ‘child neglect’?
America’s future will in large part depend on whether we revalue marriage, parenting, and child-rearing at the expense of the self-destructive and false search for meaning and self-fulfillment in sexual self-gratification. Our nation’s children await our answer.
Thanksgiving: In everything give thanks to God
I would urge everyone to exercise the spiritual discipline of “giving thanks.” When you start, you will be amazed at all the things the Holy Spirit will bring to your attention.
Defending America's priceless heritage by defending the Jews
As Dr. Husain observed, “no Muslim before the 20th century would have belittled his faith’s sacred text by regarding it as a political manifesto.”
Jewish students harassed on campus is unacceptable
I want to challenge Christian groups on college campuses and campus ministers to organize a concerted effort to accompany their fellow Jewish students to class and by their presence help protect Jewish students from harassment and abuse. Multitudes of Christians across America should make it clear that to get to our Jewish citizens you will have to come through us first.
Ghosts of the past: Hamas, Israel and justice
The hideous Hamas terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians (including women, children, and infants) remind us that nothing in the Middle East happens in a vacuum and the ghosts of the past are always in the room with us.
The ‘Gordean Knot’ of moral proportionality in the Middle East (part 2)
Remember, Just War Theory was never intended to “justify” war. Instead, it tries to bring war under the sway of justice as understood by Christians and to ensure that war, when it does occur, is hedged about by limits that mitigate its barbarity.