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declining morals and values

  • by Don Hooser
America has enjoyed unprecedented freedoms and prosperity, although many people fear we are losing both. Few recognize the real source of those blessings.
  • by John Ross Schroeder
Sensing a weakness of will, adversarial nations appear to be ganging up on the United States. Is America on its way to becoming a second-rate power?
  • by Howard Davis
With our incredible abundance of information one would think human character would be getting better. It should be getting better if the sheer volume information is the key that determines admirable human character. But it's not! So why isn't our abundance information enough?
  • by John Ross Schroeder
What is your opinion of morality? Do you just go with the flow of popular opinion? Or are you concerned about the downward spiral of personal ethics and morality in our Western society? Are such values as honesty, self discipline and respect for others important to you? Or are you caught up in the self indulgence that has become a noticeably dominant feature of our time.
  • by Don Hooser
Large segments of media "news" are no longer focused on the objective reporting of world news. Instead, the focus is on the sensational, which is then hyped all out of proportion to make it even more sensational.
  • by Rex Sexton
Graduation time is here once again! High schools and colleges are honoring students who have worked and studied to receive a diploma or degree. But what messages are these graduates hearing? What themes are drummed into their ears as they move to the next level of life?
  • by Paul Suckling
The war with Iraq isn't the only fight going on involving Americans. In Massachusetts a different kind of war looms on the horizon, one that began last Nov. 18 when the Supreme Judicial Court of the state determined that the Massachusetts Constitution did allow for homosexuals to marry and have all of the rights of a marriage. To disallow it, they determined, would be discrimination...
  • by Darris McNeely
When will America make the connection? When will the defenders of "anything goes" morality and entertainment realize there is a connection between violent, sexually explicit entertainment and a culture of violence?
  • by Scott Ashley
Two items dominated the U.S. news media last week. One was the Super Bowl halftime show; the other was the kidnapping of an 11-year-old girl.
  • by Ralph Levy
As a reader of Virtual Christian Magazine, you are probably disturbed by many of the values of the culture around you--and with good reason. How can we counter the degrading influence of much of popular culture?