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November 4th though the Decades: 40 Years of Iran-US relations

November 5, 2019 crhodes Leave a comment

November 4, 1979: College students stormed the US embassy in Tehran, capping off a tumultuous year that saw the Iranian…

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Posted in: International, Politics, Religion Filed under: Ahmajinedad, Axis of Evil, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Hizbollah, Iran, Iranian revolution, Khamanei, Khomeini, Lebanon, War on Terror

As Trump Gloats Over Baghdadi’s Death, ISIS Lives On But Loses Cruel Leader

October 27, 2019 crhodes Leave a comment

This morning, President Trump announced that US special forces are believed to have killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi…

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Posted in: International, Politics, Religion Filed under: al-qaeda, Baghdadi, Iraq, ISIS, Osama bin Laden, Syria, Terrorism, War on Terror

Will the Evangelicals Dump Trump? – New Article on UnHerd.com

October 22, 2019 crhodes Leave a comment

My new article on UnHerd.com examines whether the decision to abandon the Kurds in Syria will be the start of…

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Posted in: Politics, Religion Filed under: Abortion, Donald Trump, Evangelicals, Impeachment, Kurds, Supreme Court, Syria

The 5 Most Important Lines from Trump’s Value Voters Summit Speech (and the 5 Most Ridiculous)

October 15, 2019 crhodes Leave a comment

This past Saturday, President Trump made yet another visit to the Values Voters’ Summit, an annual conservative (Christian) convention help…

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Posted in: Other, Politics, Religion Filed under: Donald Trump, Iraq, Kurds, Middle East, Political Christianity, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria

Why 1492 Was Even More Important Than You Learned in History Class

October 14, 2019 crhodes Leave a comment

“In Fourteen Hundred Ninety-Two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” I’m old enough to remember when that rhyme was a required…

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Posted in: International, Politics, Religion Filed under: 1492, Catholic Church, Christianity, Christopher columbus, Columbus Day, Crusades, Indigenious Peoples Day, Islam

Why Abiy Ahmed Earned the Nobel Peace Prize, Several Times Over

October 11, 2019 crhodes Leave a comment

Now seems like a good time to repost my article from last month on UnHerd.com, in which I discussed Dr,…

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Posted in: International, Politics, Religion Filed under: Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia, Nobel

The Case for Letting Priests Marry

October 10, 2019 crhodes Leave a comment

I was glancing at a story that referred to a bishop and his wife, and I did a double-take before…

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Posted in: International, Religion Filed under: Amazon, Catholic Church, Celibacy, Pope Francis

Jimmy Carter Turns 95, Remains Awesome

October 2, 2019 crhodes Leave a comment

In the latter part of the twentieth century, Evangelical Christians threw their vote behind a politician who shared their values,…

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Posted in: Politics, Religion Filed under: Jimmy Carter, Nobel, Presidents, Southern Baptist Convention

Pope Urges World to Accept Refugees, Stop Making More of Them

September 30, 2019 crhodes Leave a comment

You know the account of the Wise Men who visited baby Jesus in the Bible, following a bright star and…

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Posted in: International, Politics, Religion Filed under: Catholic Church, Immigration, Migrants, Pope Francis, Refugees

The Dalai Lama and the Politics of Reincarnation

September 27, 2019 crhodes Leave a comment

The Dalai Lama is a big deal, not just among Tibetan Buddhists, but internationally and across faiths.  Prince Harry and…

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Posted in: International, Politics, Religion Filed under: Buddhism, China, Dalai Lama, Reincarnation, Tibet

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