Marvin Olasky is editor-in-chief of the national news magazine World, provost of The King's College, and a professor of journalism at The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Olasky has written 13 books of history and cultural analysis, including Compassionate Conservatism, The American Leadership Tradition, The Religions Next Door, and The Tragedy of American Compassion. He has also co-authored seven more books (including the recent Monkey Business), written seven monographs, and served as general editor of the Turning Point Christian Worldview series. Dr. Olasky received an A.B. from Yale University in 1971 and a Ph.D. in American Culture from the University of Michigan in 1976. He is an elder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Austin, vice-chairman of the board of City School, and a former chairman of the Austin Crisis Pregnancy Center. He has been a foster parent, a Little League assistant coach, and a PTA president. 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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ A recent health surprise (I had to have open-heart surgery to bypass two clogged arteries) exposed my tendency to think, like the Pharisee praying in Luke 18, God, thank you that I am not like other men, overweight with... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarvinOlasky/2008/06/26/dont_waste_your_bypass d18dc1c5-0f7c-4fe6-a426-e6630a0c62bf Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT This year's political campaign is likely to metastasize in unpredictable ways between now and November, but right now doom and gloom pervades the GOP. Barack Obama seems on a roll and congressional Republicans are... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarvinOlasky/2008/06/14/obamas_test c1acdd98-fa0a-4ee4-8ab2-d5efe8c3517b Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT It's good that graduation ceremonies are called commencements, as celebration yields to anticipation. Next week I'll speak at the commencement of City School of Austin, a diverse Christian school that my wife and I... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarvinOlasky/2008/05/15/mad_missions 00827246-5954-4743-8b31-94f26f5ee2d0 Thu, 15 May 2008 04:01:00 GMT I've been cheering for Barack Obama in his Democratic war with Hillary Clinton for both positive and negative reasons. Positive: He's a terrific talker, he didn't seem antagonistic toward Christianity, and we could use... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarvinOlasky/2008/04/25/obamas_new_ideas_turn_out_to_be_same_old_same_old 20567c0a-971a-4fa5-904e-396632f30c2e Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:10:19 GMT At commencement ceremonies next month and early in June, speakers orating about glorious vistas for graduates will encounter worried minds. Many students fear that their careers will lack purpose and their jobs will be... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarvinOlasky/2008/04/18/one_activists_exciting_sense_of_calling_is_also_his_burden bb7c1060-c74a-4552-8ab5-6c7728ee70d2 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:59:44 GMT It's Valentine's Day, so what better day to give a present to my fans (you in the balcony, I see you) and my critics. The gift is one that will no longer keep giving in this space: After seven years of syndicating... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarvinOlasky/2008/02/14/a_valentines_day_goodbye 2f5460d5-78c2-4b33-b11d-b7d0940f3e52 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:01:00 GMT The conservatocracy is up in arms over whether John McCain, purportedly a "liberal," will be able to hold onto conservative voters concerned about immigration. A less-asked question is how he will fare with those... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarvinOlasky/2008/02/07/we_can_make_room 268faf4e-ddf0-4444-9339-c7403dc889f4 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:01:00 GMT CHISAMBA, Zambia -- It's 7:15 Monday morning in a cement-block house near this country's major highway, the paved, two-lane Great North Road. Supervisor Peter Phiri, who helped to build that road during the 1990s,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarvinOlasky/2008/01/31/changing_africa,_one_village_at_a_time 4d32e97e-bf9b-47b5-8cb6-a139311831c8 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:01:00 GMT Mike Huckabee has not been able to pick up much support beyond his evangelical base, but there's a way for him to do so. He needs to show that Christian conservative views and small government views logically go... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarvinOlasky/2008/01/24/uniting_christians_and_libertarians 9c15613a-2f03-4460-839d-50f5f4a8fc0a Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:01:00 GMT Some GOP conservatives worry that a President Mike Huckabee would be like George W. Bush in domestic policy, not using his constitutional power to restrain government spending; and like Jimmy Carter in foreign... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarvinOlasky/2008/01/17/is_huckabee_conservative 29784b1d-556a-4bec-97f1-40db26c75807 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:01:00 GMT New hits in politics and film all tell the same story: America is still a land of religion. The candidates, particularly Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee, are displaying their beliefs. Each of three big new movies -- "I... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarvinOlasky/2008/01/10/no_separation_of_church_and_screen 73955412-125c-4000-970b-6ecba7088e3c Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:01:00 GMT Humorous Mike Huckabee has become the sum of all fears for many members of the GOP establishment. Some of the attacks arise out of plain old Christophobia, and Huckabee can't do much about that. But some come from... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarvinOlasky/2008/01/03/wanted_sam_adams_republicans b3c3ead8-d862-4286-a3df-bddd298c20c1 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:01:00 GMT After a rocky year, evangelicals have received three pieces of good news over the past two months. One came in headlines like this top-of-Page-One surprise in The New York Times: "Scientists bypass need for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarvinOlasky/2007/12/27/good_news_at_years_end c1117fec-ad0c-43f0-91df-1b9b5c4bdce2 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:01:00 GMT It's important to care about politics. It's even more important not to care deeply. As Gutenberg College professor Charles Dewberry notes, "If politics can fix a problem, then Christianity is a lie." Christianity... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarvinOlasky/2007/12/20/seeing_beyond_politics 683ad44a-3226-4a2e-91d7-4233dfe5058f Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:01:00 GMT On the roller coaster of history, we're seeing a hands-in-the-air moment as atheistic books soar onto best-seller lists. Some Christians are alarmed at the furious flurry, but there's no need to be: This, too, shall... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarvinOlasky/2007/12/13/atheists_vs_grace bbb0ebc2-bfad-468d-b1a6-1ad2a8784ad9 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:01:00 GMT