Roberto Rivera

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Jun 17, 2019
Illinois' shocking abortion law is harmful to women
I’ve mentioned a few times that the possibility that Roe v. Wade might be in play, overturned, or at least rolled back, has prompted a significant uptick in state action on abortion.
Jun 15, 2019
Hong Kong protests: A clash between Christianity and Communism
On the second Sunday in June, hundreds of thousands of people filled the streets of Hong Kong to protest a proposed law that would allow people to be extradited from the former British colony to mainland China.
Jun 14, 2019
Hindu nationalists big win puts India's Christians on edge
Two weeks ago, Narendra Modi was sworn in for a second term as India’s Prime Minister. His party, the BJP, won a resounding victory in parliamentary elections.
Jun 7, 2019
'Religious freedom' in scare quotes: The Left blames the Manhattan Declaration
A theocracy was the last thing that Manhattan Declaration authors Chuck Colson, Robert George, and Timothy George had in mind. As Chuck Colson wrote, the Manhattan Declaration was “a clarion call to conscience, a wake-up call to the church.”
Jun 4, 2019
Where have all the women gone? Abortion and gendercide
Nearly thirty years ago, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen wrote an essay in the New York Review of Books entitled “More than 100 Million Women are Missing.”
May 30, 2019
What should we do about declining birth rates?
According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control, the number of births in the U.S. has dropped to a three-decade low in 2018.
May 24, 2019
Love your AI? Artificial intelligence and moral agency
What are our ethical obligations, if any, to the intelligent machines we build?
May 22, 2019
The martyrs of Burkina Faso: Know their names
Probably 95 percent of Americans couldn’t find Burkina Faso on a map. But that doesn’t make what’s happening to Christians there any less serious or any less deserving of our attention.
May 18, 2019
Asteroids and the improbability of our existence
On April 13, 2029, a 370-meter wide asteroid formally known as 99942 Apophis will pass by Earth at a distance of about 19,000 miles.
May 14, 2019
Stop the ill-named 'Equality Act': Your religious freedom is at stake
Until recently, most of us believed there wasn’t much of a chance of the Equality Act ever becoming law. ... I hope that’s still the case, but there is reason to be concerned.