Ted Cruz, Realpolitik, and the Future of the Middle East
Perhaps like no other Republican presidential candidate, Senator Ted Cruz exemplifies the nation’s conflicted conscience over the direction of U.S. foreign policy in the age of terror. Should the United States promote democracy in the Middle East, or should we learn to live with Arab dictatorships, even as we seek to defeat and destroy the Islamic State?
Joseph LoconteDecember 17, 2015
Scandal: U.S. Christian Groups Prioritize Muslim Refugees over Christian Ones. Here’s Why
Christians have been targeted for death, sexual slavery, displacement, cultural eradication and forced conversion by ISIS. The U.S. government’s response has been woefully inadequate — neither helping them defend themselves and stay, nor providing them asylum to leave. And now, to add insult to injury, they are casualties of the agencies contracted to resettle refugees in America.
This is not Genocide…
According to the Obama Administration, this is not genocide.
Mark MeltonDecember 14, 2015
A Terrorism Speech that Will Live in Infamy
Instead of reassuring the American people in a moment of crisis, the President’s languid and banal remarks were a scolding exercise in misdirection and meaninglessness
Joseph LoconteDecember 8, 2015
The Donald Trumps Morality
Donald Trump’s comments about going after terrorists’ families are immoral and point to common misconceptions about the ethics of war
Keith PavlischekDecember 3, 2015
“Cleansing the Caliphate:” ISIS and Genocide of Christians
The U.S. must name Christians in a genocide declaration in order to protect the innocent, to undermine ISIS’ ability to project strength through terror, and to weaken its global recruiting efforts.
J.J. DanielsDecember 1, 2015
Paris, ISIS, & American Responsibility
What is becoming increasingly clear is that whether concerning the export of terror, the refugee crisis, or the dangers of the maintenance of the caliphate, the only foreseeable end to this crisis is to see the end of ISIS.
Marc LiVeccheNovember 23, 2015
Mr. Obama’s Recruitment Strategy for ISIL
A Christian approach to the human catastrophe of the Syrian refugee crisis—partially instigated and immeasurably worsened by Mr. Obama’s floundering foreign policy—must reject legislation rooted in fear, bigotry, and nativism. We need a mature debate about how to respond with prudence and compassion to this crisis. Yet we also have an obligation to expose the intellectually and morally bankrupt arguments that cascade unceasingly from the mouth of this president.
Joseph LoconteNovember 20, 2015
The Islam America Needs Now
After Paris America needs Muslims to show and tell how Islam enables them to be loyal citizens in a robust democracy as Muslims.
Gideon StraussNovember 20, 2015
