By Michael Berry: “We live in fame or go down in flames. Hey! Nothing can stop the U.S. Air Force!”  These ominous words conclude the first stanza of the U.S. Air Force’s official song.  Ironically, it appears that nothing indeed can stop the Air Force from going down in flames.  Recent events at its hallowed...

By Michael Berry: Paradox: par•a•dox; noun: something (such as a situation) that is made up of two opposite things and that seems impossible but is actually true or possible. Born in the late 1970’s, my earliest childhood memories were formed during the 1980’s.  Accordingly, I experienced the tail-end of what was known as the “Red...

By Michael Berry: In 2003, the United States Supreme Court issued the landmark decision of Lawrence v. Texas, in which it declared Texas’ anti-sodomy law unconstitutional.  Homosexual rights advocates celebrated while those who support the traditional, Judeo-Christian view of the family lamented.  United States Senator Rick Santorum famously—perhaps infamously—observed: “If the Supreme Court says that you...

By Michael Berry Progressive liberals are fond of characterizing Christian conservatives as demagogues and fear-mongers. Warnings about the decay of our constitutional republic, the decline of morality, and the loss of religious freedom are exaggerated, they say. Their attempts to see America depart from its Christian heritage in the name of tolerance and diversity are...

By Michael Berry The following, written by new to “The Edge” blogger, Michael Berry, is part two of a two-part essay that examines the roots and modern out-workings of religious liberty in the United States military. Part one can was published on Tuesday, October 8.   Senior Master Sergeant Phillip Monk, a 19-year Air Force...

By Michael Berry The following, written by new to “The Edge” blogger, Michael Berry, is part one of a two-part essay that examines the roots and modern out-workings of religious liberty in the United States military. Part 2 will be published on Thursday, October 10. The notion that men go off to war for causes...