“Predistribution” is enjoying a surge of interest on the left.Unlike the more conventional idea of redistribution, or reallocating wealth through taxes, predistribution aims to reshape the income landscape by way of regulation before taxes even come into play. The approach seeks to transform earnings distribution right at their market source. 　　Yale political scientist Jacob Hacker has been an academic proponent...

　　In October 1800, on his first night in the Executive Mansion in Washington, DC, John Adams wrote home to Abigail that he hoped “none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.” That statement now adorns the State Dining Room in the White House. 　　Adams may be often quoted, but we seldom consider that his hope was not...

　　God Gives Peace 　　Weekly Overview: 　　Our heavenly Father is the giver of every good gift. His mercies are vast, powerful, and real. His love has the ability to completely overwhelm and satisfy every one of our needs. Everything he gives us satisfies, transforms, and leads us to abundant life. As we spend this week stirring up our affections toward God,...

　　Two years ago, the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRC) clarified its stance against homosexuality. Last week, the denomination clarified its expectations for churches whose LGBTQ-affirming teachings contradict that stance. 　　At its 2024 Synod, the CRC instructed any affirming congregations to repent, retract any divergent public statements, and comply with the denomination s beliefs on sexuality going forward. Pastors,...

　　The Supreme Court has decided Moore v. United States, which had the potential to be the most important tax case in over a century. That potential wasn’t realized (pun intended), however. 　　The “question presented,” as set out in the petition for certiorari in Moore, was “Whether the Sixteenth Amendment authorizes Congress to tax unrealized sums without apportionment among the states.”...

　　Editor’s Note: The following is adapted from the author’s Neil B. Freeman Lecture for the Fund for American Studies (TFAS) delivered at George Mason University on June 11, 2024. 　　This is a time of much pessimism about the American experiment.I choose that term to avoid a common misuse of the word “democracy,” as when the current president and others tell...

　　Spur Your Spouse on toward Love and Good Deeds 　　By Jen Ferguson 　　And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds –Hebrews 10:24 　　A few years ago, I remember Face Timing with my friend who was in hospice. He called while I was in the aisle of Target, but when you get the...

　　One Friday evening, a young woman sat her toddler on her lap at Christ the King Evangelical Episcopal Church in Maalot-Tarshiha, a mixed Arab-Jewish town in northern Israel five miles from the border with Lebanon. Like mothers everywhere, she clapped her hands and beckoned a response. 　　What does the cow say? Moo, the child replied. 　　What does the dog say?...

　　Before the Internet and social media, there was Johann Gutenberg’s seventeenth-century movable-type printing innovation. (The Chinese invented something similar centuries before, but without impact). It revolutionized the spread of literacy and contributed to the Protestant movement’s break from the Catholic Church.Between the printing press and the Internet, there were other things: the telegraph, radio, and TV. None diffused written texts...

　　Your Life Needs Your Unique God-Made Pace 　　By Keri Eichberger 　　For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. - Ephesians 2:10 　　As my heart rate reached 175 beats per minute, lightheadedness shifted to disorientation. Hints of nausea grew to deep gut punches. My breath shallowed and...

　　Two years ago, the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade and the right to an abortion. In the aftermath, many churchgoers say theyve seen their congregations involved in supporting local pregnancy resource centers. 　　On June 24, 2022, in Dobbs v. Jackson Womens Health Organization, the Supreme Court opened the door for states to pass laws restricting abortion. In the aftermath,...

　　Let me tell you about an intense time in British politics: one where Scotland’s hate speech legislation came into force, the final Cass Review into paediatric gender medicine was published, a UK general election was called, and Nigel Farage made a triumphant political return. 　　Throughout, J. K. Rowling tweeted. 　　On June 3, Farage left his quondam job as telly broadcaster...