A college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues
I tend to post about sexuality, religion, music and politics in about that order. Here is one about recent political history. I recently interviewed Grove City College colleague again about his new book called The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism (HarperCollins, 2006) and can be read here.
Photo: David Barton (Left); Eric Metaxas (Right) In a Wednesday Onenewsnow article about Ronald Reagan’s Christianity, David Barton is quoted as saying: Reagan’s faith matured over the years from a “pretty shallow” faith early on to more mature understanding of scripture. While many people did doubt Reagan’s sincerity, Reagan biographer and Grove City College colleague Paul Kengor … Continue reading “Brief Note: David Barton and Ronald Reagan’s Pretty Shallow Faith”
In 2011, social conservatives — mostly Christian groups — complained about the presence of GOProud, a gay conservative group, at CPAC. Many socially conservative groups pulled out. Now, CPAC has scheduled Milo Yiannopoulos to speak. Yiannopoulos is a gay self-styled conservative who has spoken favorably of sex between young teens and adults. Thus far, (since … Continue reading “In 2011, Evangelicals Protested GOProud at CPAC. Now They Are Silent about Milo Yiannopoulos at CPAC”
The annual conference of the Conservative Political Action Committee is coming up next week. However, controversy has already arrived in the form of Milo Yiannopoulos. His invitation to speak at the conference is not sitting well with critics. The criticism of the invitation became especially hot after two videos surfaced of Yiannopoulos defending young teen-adult … Continue reading “Pressure Mounts on CPAC to Cancel Milo Yiannopoulos' Speech”
When Barack Obama was president, evangelicals and conservatives cared about Ukraine. They believed Obama was weak and unwilling to confront Vladimir Putin’s expansionism into Ukraine. Now, evangelicals are largely silent about President Donald Trump’s warm words toward Russia’s leader and confusing rhetoric about Ukraine. An early signal of this shift was obvious at the GOP … Continue reading “Do Evangelicals Leaders Still Care about Ukraine?”