More Freedom than Ever?
Mar 16, 2012 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeWilliam Simon, who had served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Gerald Ford, wrote a brief book titled A TIME FOR TRUTH (Berkley 1979). Milton Friedman called it "a brilliant and passionate book by a brilliant and passionate man." After detailing government regulation of the economy and its repressive effect on individual incentive and ...
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Lutherans for Life on HHS: “Here We Stand!”
Feb 20, 2012 1 Comment ›› John EidsmoeLast Saturday 18 Feb 2012, during our Lutherans for Life Board of Directors meeting at Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO, the Executive Director asked me to prepare a statement concerning the recent Health & Human Services directive requiring religious organizations to provide contraception for their employees. I drafted the statement, and with a ...
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Response to “The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers” — Who Were They Hiding It From?
Jan 6, 2012 8 Comments ›› John EidsmoeChristian Pinto and Adullum Films have produced a DVD titled The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers in which they argue that America was not founded as a Christian nation. Rather, Pinto says, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were the products of Enlightenment thinking and the influence of Freemasonry, the Illuminati, and other ...
Continue ReadingOtto von Hapsburg: The Prince, the Professor, and the Sinner
Jul 19, 2011 4 Comments ›› John EidsmoeOtto von Hapsburg (Habsburg) (1912-2011), the last Crown Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, died at the age of 98 on 4 July 2011. After a 13-day period of mourning, he was entombed in the Imperial Crypt under the Capuchin Church in Vienna. The funeral embodied the dignity and regal splendor that befitted the heir of the ...
Continue ReadingWhat Would Jethro Do? A Biblical Voting Guide
Oct 27, 2010 1 Comment ›› Ben DuPréWith only 6 days left until election day, now seems like a good time to tell you who you should vote for. No, you will not find any candidate endorsements here, but the Bible does tell us what kind of candidate we ought to choose. And the standard is WWJD: What Would Jethro Do. ...
Continue ReadingCongressman Bart Stupak — Pro-life Hero?
Mar 22, 2010 2 Comments ›› John EidsmoeCongressman Bart Stupak (D-MI) may have emerged as a pro-life hero for some, but not in my book. Were it not for Rep. Stupak, the entire bill probably would have been defeated last fall. After his amendment prohibiting abortion funding was added to the health care bill last fall, with his support the bill passed the ...
Continue ReadingPrenatal testing: kill off diseased babies for a healthier population
Feb 17, 2010 4 Comments ›› Ben DuPréAn Associated Press report released today starts off with great news: Some of mankind's most devastating inherited diseases appear to be declining, and a few have nearly disappeared . . . . But the rest of the sentence contains the disturbing reason: "because more people are using genetic testing to decide whether to have children." Thus begins ...
Continue ReadingTrue Confessions
Jan 28, 2010 3 Comments ›› John EidsmoeThe laws of evidence recognize that a declaration against interest is entitled to heightened credibility, because people rarely make statements that are against their best interest unless they are certain the statement is true. An example might be a car salesman who stands to profit by selling a used car to you, but who ...
Continue ReadingA person’s a person, no matter who’s President
Jan 21, 2010 2 Comments ›› Ben DuPréLast year, our outgoing President proclaimed January 18, 2009, as "National Sanctity of Human Life Day." This year, however, we are more likely to get a White House proclamation (like this) celebrating the abomination that is Roe v. Wade. Regardless of who is the chief executive---be it King George, President George, or President Barack---the right to ...
Continue ReadingGuest Blogger Milam Cain: “Plain-Language Movement” in Law Schools
Nov 6, 2009 3 Comments ›› Site AdministratorThe following post was authored by guest blogger Milam Cain, a law student at Thomas Goode Jones School of Law and an intern at the Foundation for Moral Law. You may be familiar with the saying that goes, “I know that what I said is what you heard, but I’m not sure that what you heard ...
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