Mark D. Tooley

Christian Post Contributor

Memorial Day & Democracy of the Dead

Memorial Day is primarily about honoring the legacy of the dead, especially persons who served sacrificially in the military.

Memorial Day & Democracy of the Dead

Nelson Rockefeller as a Social Gospel Christian

Richard Norton Smith's outstanding new biography of Nelson Rockefeller does not directly focus much on the religious beliefs of the wealthy scion and long-time presidential aspirant.

Nelson Rockefeller as a Social Gospel Christian

Dismissing the Death Penalty: The Nun and the Boston Bomber

Famous anti-death penalty campaigner Sister Helen Prejean, who inspired the Susan Sarandon movie "Dead Man Walking," testified Monday on behalf of the Boston Bomber facing possible execution for murdering four, including an 8 year old child, and wounding 264, many of whom lost limbs.

Dismissing the Death Penalty: The Nun and the Boston Bomber

Do Pastors Know God's Will on Medicaid Expansion? Seriously?

Recently a group of mostly liberal Protestant clergy (but including a Catholic bishop) signed a Nashville Tennessean op-ed denouncing conservative Tennessee legislators who oppose Obamacare-facilitated Medicaid expansion in their state.

Do Pastors Know God's Will on Medicaid Expansion? Seriously?

Recalling Saigon's Fall

Here's a marvelous story of the CIA operative who helped some of the 65,000 South Vietnamese who escaped in the final few days before Saigon fell to the Communists on April 30, 1975, just in time for May Day, the international Marxist holiday.

Recalling Saigon's Fall

Baltimore Riots & the Vocation for Order

The Baltimore riots reminded me of a passage I read last eve from Richard Norton Smith's excellent new Nelson Rockefeller biography about the 1971 Attica prison riot.

Baltimore Riots & the Vocation for Order