The Risk of Doing Good

Lawsuits and Faith-Based Solutions


Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, run by Rev. Barry Lynn, has sued Prison Fellowship, the InnerChange Freedom Initiative (IFI), and the state of Iowa over our remarkably successful faith-based prison program.

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Heal Thyself

The United Church of Christ’s Blame-Shifting


If you watch TV or read the papers, you may have noticed a vocal new movement among some religious liberals. Perhaps you’ve seen the television commercials where single mothers, gay couples, and others are literally ejected from their church pews by the push of a button. At the end of the ad, viewers are invited to visit a site called “Rejection Hurts” to share their own stories of being rejected by churches.

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Better for All the World?

Apple-Pie Eugenics


Before the time she was eight, Vivian Dobbs had both made the honor roll and been labeled an “imbecile” by the Supreme Court. The story of how this could happen is one of the darkest, most frequently overlooked chapters in American history—one that isn’t completely closed.

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Deadly Exports

Better for All the World?


Yesterday, I told you the story of how Darwinism, mixed with pseudo-science and prejudice, resulted in the forcible sterilization of countless Americans. But the impact of the American eugenics movement was felt far beyond the United States, with horrifying results.

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