In 1984, only 14 percent of Americans wore seat belts. Anyone else remember bouncing unrestrained around the back of the family station wagon like I did? Three years later, after…
Category: Colson Center
Is Being a Constitutional Originalist Racist Because of the Three-Fifths Compromise? – Ask BreakPoint
John and Shane end Ask BreakPoint with a challenging question. The listener asks if being an originalist with the constitution, in the way that Amy Coney-Barrett is, is racist because…
How COVID Could Push Us Further Toward Euthanasia
Last week, the Dutch government took yet another step down the very-slippery slope of euthanasia when the national health minister proposed that doctors should be permitted to euthanize “terminally ill”…
‘Born This Way’ Is Old Science
During the confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii expressed outrage and shock that the nominee used the term “sexual preference” instead of “sexual orientation.”…
How the unThinkable became unQuestionable
In a famous scene in the 1979 Monty Python film “Life of Brian,” which I don’t recommend, A character named Stan announces that he wants to become a woman and…
Rod Dreher on His Latest Book: Tell Not Lies
In the BreakPoint Podcast this week John discusses Rod Dreher’s latest book. In Live Not By Lies Dreher paints a grim picture of hard totalitarianism in Russia, warning Americans that…
Debating the Issues . . . Or Obscuring Them?
While President Trump and former Vice-President Biden did a better job this time around sticking to the issues, one of the major stories of the week was Twitter and other…
How Chuck Colson Thought Abortion Would Ultimately End
During a recent prayer gathering on the National Mall, Terry Beatley, a commissioned Colson Fellow and president of a pro-life organization called the Hosea Initiative, reminded the crowd of a…
Social Media Influenced or “Influencers”?
The highest-paid earner on YouTube isn’t old enough to get a driver’s license. He’s nine. His name is Ryan, and his channel made 26-million dollars last year. In fact, two…
Live Not by Lies
Bari Weiss, who recently resigned in protest from the New York Times, has just published a shocking piece in Tablet, warning of a “danger, this one from the left… one…