Commentary In 2016, when Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered a speech calling for the “Sinicization of religion” in a nation of one billion, he was espousing a century-old impulse among his people while also inadvertently underscoring a persistent paradox that Chinese Communists brought with them when they took over the country in 1949—and have never…

“Why America’s elites grovel before communist China”—that’s the million-dollar question raised and answered by David Kupelian, vice president and managing editor of online news giant WorldNetDaily. Joining Larry Elder, Kupelian discusses the Chinese Communist Party’s long-term thinking and desire to become the global hegemon, as well as its explicit atheism and totalitarianism. “Atheistic means there’s…

“Why America’s elites grovel before communist China”—that’s the million-dollar question raised and answered by David Kupelian, vice president and managing editor of online news giant WorldNetDaily. Joining Larry Elder, Kupelian discusses the Chinese Communist Party’s long-term thinking and desire to become the global hegemon, as well as its explicit atheism and totalitarianism. “Atheistic means there’s…

Marc Lozano had it all. Working for the NBA, he had achieved his dream job. He had a beautiful wife, financial security, and the life he’d always wanted. So why was the fortunate young man so miserable? A self-described “militant atheist,” Lozano, 31, was a voracious reader gifted with a brilliant mind, and formed his…

State Department officials are continuing to refuse House Republican demands for information regarding grants of U.S. tax dollars to advance atheism in foreign countries, according to Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.). Banks, who is chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), expressed frustration with a lengthy Dec. 1 telephone conference call with Mariah Mercer, an assistant…

Eighteen House Republicans, led by Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), are warning Secretary of State Antony Blinken to preserve all official documents and communications on a grant program promoting atheism overseas. Their warning came in an Aug. 2 letter made public on Aug. 3 in which the House GOPers told Blinken that…

At FreedomFest in Las Vegas, I wanted to hear diverging viewpoints, and I found this in a conversation with an evangelical Christian and an atheist. Eric Metaxas is a host and author of a book called “Is Atheism Dead,” and Michael Shermer is a founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine and author of “Why People Believe…

House Republican Study Committee (RSC) chairman Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and 15 GOP colleagues are challenging the legality of State Department grants—of as much as $500,000 each—to international “organizations committed to the practice and spread of atheism and humanism.” Their challenge is contained in a June 30 letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of…