“Hey Teacher, What’s for Supper?”
Feb 22, 2012 No Comments ›› John Eidsmoe“My mom’s the best cook in town; her hamburgers are out of this world!” “No, my mom’s the best; you should try her apple pie!” So it has been from time immemorial. But if a current trend continues, that’s changing. Soon the boast will be, “My school serves better dinners than your school!” “No it doesn’t!” 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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Wendell Mitchell, RIP
Feb 15, 2012 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeThe first time I met Wendell Mitchell was about 22 years ago. As the Dean of the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, he was interviewing me for a professorship, and he asked me, "Could you fit into the South?" I assured him that would be no problem, because I was born in the South ...
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Recess Appointments: Focusing on the Wrong Word?
Jan 10, 2012 No Comments ›› John EidsmoePresident Obama has stirred controversy by appointing several persons to powerful positions without seeking Senate confirmation. He claims authority to do this based upon Article II, § 2 of the Constitution, which states: "The President shall have Power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which ...
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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 ...
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