Jerry Newcombe

Jerry Newcombe

CP Op-Ed Contributor

There Would Be No Public Schools Without the Bible

With school back in full session around the country, it's interesting to think about how the Bible is often banned directly or indirectly in schools. Yet the Bible gave birth to schools for the masses. There would be no public schools without the sacred book.

There Would Be No Public Schools Without the Bible

A Lesson From Korea for the Whole World

There's barely a week that goes by without North Korea being in the news. It seems that the Stalinist dictator there enjoys rattling his saber, even threatening America from the other side of the globe.

A Lesson From Korea for the Whole World

What Is Hate and Who Defines It? The SPLC?

A headline on Drudge declares that Google is teaming up with "liberal groups to snuff out conservative websites." Apparently the search-engine giant is partnering with the Southern Poverty Law Center.

What Is Hate and Who Defines It? The SPLC?

Charlottesville Tragedy: The Real Robert E. Lee

If we start to tear down all statues of Lee and Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, why stop there? What about the nine presidents of the United States who owned slaves? We should be honest about our history, but not try to revise it with a giant eraser.

Charlottesville Tragedy: The Real Robert E. Lee

When Words Can Kill

Jane Hodgson, who died about a decade ago, was celebrated in liberal circles as a pioneer of abortion rights. She was a master at justifying the killing of human life in the womb.

When Words Can Kill

America Abandons Marriage at Its Own Peril

It would be disastrous for this country if we went the route of Europe in being a post-marriage society. The old cliché is still true: As the family goes, so goes society.

America Abandons Marriage at Its Own Peril

Hate Speech and the Salem Witch Trials

Perhaps, the most overused word in America is "hate." All you have to do is accuse someone who disagrees with you of hate, and that's it: guilty as charged.

Hate Speech and the Salem Witch Trials

Words from Our Founders on God and Government

Barely a week goes by without some challenge to our nation's Judeo-Christian roots in the name of the separation of church and state. But as another Fourth of July is upon us, it's interesting to note what the founders said in their own words.

Words from Our Founders on God and Government