Peter & Helen Evans column
Peter and Helen Evans are a husband and wife team (www.peterandhelenevans.com) and are authors of "Get Serious, The Church's Stand on Contemporary Culture" and are culture warriors leading a grassroots movement.
Peter & Helen Evans
April 25, 2009
Friends, Americans, Patriots lend me your ears!
We are gathered here on this beautiful day not because we are filled with hate but because we love our . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
April 9, 2009
President Obama has again been making the rather provocative statement that America is not a Christian nation. To be sure, he also says that America isn't a . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
March 25, 2009
In last night's "Prime Time Press Conference" the Dear Leader promised that he would "cut the deficit in half" by the end of his first term. Sounds like a good . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
March 6, 2009
Our current crisis is not a financial crisis. It was not caused by some complicated financial dealing that only a few 'experts' can understand. No, it was . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
January 15, 2009
Torture is again in the news and on our minds this week. Didn't everyone see Jack Bauer admitting to torture in his testimony before the fictional Senate in "24 . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
November 17, 2008
We have been given a hint of what to expect from the coming Democrat administration by Senator Diane Feinstein. The Senator from California has oversight of the . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
October 29, 2008
How would you describe someone who benefits from the involuntary labor of others? Do you think of feudal kings sitting on their royal bottoms, watching the . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
October 17, 2008
Last Wednesday night at the Heritage Foundation, Judge Robert Bork was honored as the inaugural speaker of the Joseph Story Distinguished Lecture Series. Story . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
March 24, 2008
Grover Norquist has just published a new book. Its title is "Leave Us Alone: Getting the Government's Hands Off Our Money, Our Guns, Our Lives." The ever . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
February 25, 2008
It was a special occasion, indeed. Alfred Regnery is talking about his new book, "Upstream: the Ascendance of American Conservatism." He explains he's been a . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 24, 2007
Father Jonathan Tobias is the priest of St. John the Baptist church in East Pittsburg and blogs at Second Terrace. We were unable to arrange to sit down . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 15, 2007
We were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to discuss this very important subject with the Very Rev Thomas Hopko, Dean Emeritus of Saint Vladimir's . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 14, 2007
Let's not become complacent. We must keep up the fight. Yesterday at the Heritage bloggers meeting we heard these sentiments over and over again. It's true, a . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
May 26, 2007
What should annoy us more about the current immigration bill; the looming catastrophe or being lied to about it? In other words, which is worse? the national . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
May 25, 2007
Following is an excerpt of an interview with Deal W. Hudson, the executive director of the Morley Institute for Church and Culture in Washington, DC.
Deal: I . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
May 20, 2007
Following is an excerpt from an interview with Jim Tonkowich, President of the Institute of Religion and Democracy. Let's hear what he has to say about the . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
April 17, 2007
Wouldn't it be great not to be swamped by horrific news about Virginia Tech because nothing had happened? Oh, there could have been a shooter threatening . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
January 31, 2007
Why is it that, "Whenever Nature displeases us, it must be our fault for doing something that displeased Nature"? This was a question raised by John Berlau of . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
November 15, 2006
"In a fallen or broken world our lives are disordered, our emotional lives are disordered, even our sexuality is disordered. This should not be a big surprise . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
October 3, 2006
"The great discomfort among many secular Americans is that the religion that they have dismissed for the last half a century needs to be revisited because we . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
September 21, 2006
Courage, vision, loyalty, humility, patriotism, family values, historical insight, experienced team leadership, continuing education and proven accomplishments . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
September 20, 2006
A few nights ago at a panel discussion (on the theme "Is It World War III?" inaugurating the David Horowitz Center for Freedom) a woman asked the panelists a . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
August 7, 2006
Peter and Helen: Senator Coburn, your committee is called Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information and International Security. . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
August 1, 2006
This is the second installment of "Is It Christian?" an interview with Greek Orthodox priest, Father Johannes L. Jacobse.
Peter and Helen: In our last . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
July 10, 2006
The debate rages again. This weekend July 9th President Bush spoke about social security reform. "If we can't get it done this year, I'm going to try next year. . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 25, 2006
What do Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, talk-radio superstar Rush Limbaugh, and the creators and cast of the hit series "24" have in common? They . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
May 13, 2006
Almost a month ago I, Helen, had surgery to totally replace my left knee. My surgery was on a Monday and on Wednesday I took a few steps my way of landing on . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
April 13, 2006
This time it was a root canal totally unexpected pain but it had to be taken care of. Two days ago it was food freezing instead of chilling in the . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
April 10, 2006
Did you ever wonder what it would be like if we all had to personally pay for each child born out of wedlock? Let's take a for-instance. We used to live in a . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
March 2, 2006
"Guns kill people" was what the makers of the movie Lord of War kept hammering into our minds. In the opening scene, our viewpoint is manufactured into a . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
January 9, 2006
Following is the first installment of "Is It Christian," an interview with Greek Orthodox priest Father Johannes L. Jacobse.
Peter and Helen: Father Hans, a . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
December 27, 2005
"The new legalism is directed not at criminals but at the moral structure of private life," says Michael D. O'Brien, author of "Father Elijah: An Apocalypse."
. . .
Peter & Helen Evans
December 7, 2005
We recently received one of those emails telling us that "it's Friendship Month!" It contained a moralistic story about being kind to a stranger who turns out . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
November 3, 2005
While listening to the shouting heads debate the merits of new Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, we heard a liberal operative accuse him of being an 'activist . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
September 14, 2005
We've all heard of people who consider themselves "spiritual but not religious." Some, for sure, are sincere about believing in a higher power to which they . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
August 13, 2005
On August 9th, along with 92 other legal aliens from more than 20 countries, I took my oath and became a citizen of the United States. The presiding judge . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
July 11, 2005
Politicos are gearing up for the fight over who should fill the vacancy on the highest court in the land. Yet, a recent poll revealed that a vast majority of . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
May 28, 2005
In our last article entitled "Why Can't We Reform our Criminals," we talked about the upsurge of recidivism since the therapeutic mentality took over the task . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
April 13, 2005
It's been a few weeks since our nation was immersed in the emotional drama surrounding the end of Terri Schiavo's life. We literally had to face death; not . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
March 12, 2005
This month at the American Enterprise Institute, David Farabee, a research psychologist at the University of California Los Angeles and the Director of the . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
February 9, 2005
Massad Ayoob is arguably one of the most lethal men around, in fact he even trains others in the use of deadly force. Many people cannot distinguish the . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
January 30, 2005
On Friday, January 28th, Michael Crichton, MD spoke at the American Enterprise Institute on Science Policy in the 21st Century. His latest book, "State of Fear" . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
January 5, 2005
Recently we were speculating why there are so many welfare recipients in cities versus small towns or rural areas. We know the standard reason why the un . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
December 27, 2004
New Year's is traditionally the time that we resolve to make changes that will improve our lives. We're going to suggest a resolution that will not help you . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
December 2, 2004
We're going out on a limb here, but we predict that in four years you'll be hard pressed to find anyone willing to admit that they did not vote for President . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
November 16, 2004
We've heard Hillary telling a group of her faithful that Democrats will have to begin to talk about the Bible. San Fran Nancy Pelosi, has accused the . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
October 22, 2004
[NOTE: This article was written in June, 2003. Since Bill Clinton's hint that he'd like the post of Secretary General of the UN, it's more relevant than ever, . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
October 20, 2004
Since taking our handgun safety class and qualifying for concealed-carry permits, we have had several opportunities to talk with people about guns. Not formal . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
October 13, 2004
Interview with Gombosuren Ganzorig, former Supreme Court Justice of Mongolia
Peter: How is EB? (Readers: "EB" is Elbegdorj Tsakhia, the first Prime Minister . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
October 4, 2004
The old controversy between the "creationists" and the "evolutionists" has re-emerged, but with a new twist... this time, the evolutionists are on the . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
September 22, 2004
This past week we were reminded yet again that some Republicans and/or conservatives are reluctant to admit who they are. Some are wary of scorn or ridicule, . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
September 13, 2004
"Kerry Lied while Good Men Died." That was one of the chants today on Capitol Hill.
You probably didn't see much of it in the so-called "mainstream" media, . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
September 12, 2004
The so-called 'debate' over gun control would be funny if its implications weren't so serious. They're both speaking the same language, but they're talking . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
August 18, 2004
We recently took the safety course required to obtain a "concealed-carry" permit for a handgun. As residents of the District of Columbia we cannot even legally . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
August 5, 2004
The recent Democratic Convention reminds us of an old joke, which goes like this: "There are two kinds of people; those who believe that there are two kinds of . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
August 4, 2004
Helen: We're writing this book for the average American citizen who feels that they don't have time for politics in their lives. They're usually happy people . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
July 14, 2004
Let us begin by acknowledging an error, pointed out by (only!) two observant readers of our previous article, "Who Benefits from Gay Marriage?" We suggested, . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
July 11, 2004
Amid all the braying and trumpeting, pro and con, arising from the dispute over whether the union of same sex couples should be legally recognized by the name . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
July 6, 2004
Last night while flipping through the channels one last time before bed, we were shocked and amazed to see a young man urinating into a snow cone and then . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
July 4, 2004
Following is an interview with Peter and Helen Evans by Matthew L. Diefenbacher of Cherry Point Review. Welcome to the Cherry Point Review. We are young . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
July 2, 2004
Helen: A lot of people seem to be more concerned about what their neighbors think than what's in their own hearts.
Senator Wallop: I have had one guiding . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
July 1, 2004
Senator Wallop: The big problem we've got today is the educators don't know much about the Constitution of the United States, and even less about the history of . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 29, 2004
Helen: You've been right there in the pits of the Senate. You just spoke of having to filibuster your own bill after it had gone through committee changes. . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 28, 2004
Helen: So where did this idea of 'entitlement' come from?
Senator Wallop: Well, it started in this country with social security, which was originally . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 27, 2004
Following is part of an on-going collection of interviews which will eventually be a book, America, The Great Experiment; subtitle, What's America For?
Helen: . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 4, 2004
Last Memorial Day weekend's major event, here in DC, was the dedication of the new WWII Memorial on the National Mall. As we walked around the week before, we . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 3, 2004
With the new government installed in Iraq and with all the new democracies that have popped up around the world in the last 25 years (80 or so), none are based . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
May 27, 2004
Peter: Tell us your understanding of the Great Experiment, stating some of the strengths and weaknesses..
Rebecca: I guess the foundation of the Great . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
May 23, 2004
People have had a hard time explaining the Spirit of America. To call it "nationalism" misses the mark. Although many Americans were born in the United States . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
May 21, 2004
During a conversation the other day, we realized that much of our writing has been "preaching to the converted." So we thought we would direct a few articles . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
April 14, 2004
The sorry spectacle of the politically timed "9/11 Commission," with its partisan carping about the Bush administration's lack of reaction to the "clear . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
April 12, 2004
"Why do they hate us?" No, this isn't late-breaking angst emerging from the post-9/11 emotional turmoil. This question refers to a parallel phenomenon; the . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
April 6, 2004
Here in America, we often mouth the phrases that "freedom is not free" or "the price of freedom is eternal vigilance," yet most of those we talk to don't really . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
April 4, 2004
So far we've seen an amazing story. The seizing of a momentary opportunity and the on-going struggle of a people resolved to live in freedom, but unfamiliar . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
March 29, 2004
This is part 2 of an interview series with Elbegdorj Tsahkia, the first democratic Prime Minister of Mongolia. We feel it is a good time, during the "one year . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
March 27, 2004
Living under tyranny is like living in a cage. Freedom means leaving the cage. However, when the cage no longer keeps you in, it also no longer keeps the wolf . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
March 25, 2004
Living under tyranny is like living in a cage. Freedom means leaving the cage. However, when the cage no longer keeps you in, it also no longer keeps the wolf . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
February 8, 2004
Last week our two nephews and niece, ages 8 to 12, ran up to us and showed us a video they just saw. While it's an older movie, they were just thrilled by John . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
December 30, 2003
Even if you haven't got the faintest idea what the initials "DDT" stand for, you probably 'know' that it is one of the most deadly inventions of mankind. Yes, . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
December 2, 2003
So many Americans expressed astonishment after 9/11. "Why do they want to kill us?" We, in America, have become so accustomed to the open debate made possible . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
November 25, 2003
Sure, we all look forward to the long weekend, the turkey, the pumpkin pie and visits from friends and relatives. Perhaps we'll even hear stories of how the . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
November 11, 2003
The recent cat-fight sparked by CBS's production "The Reagans" has coughed up the twin hairballs of "censorship" and "propaganda." Both these terms, properly . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
October 24, 2003
Controversy rages about same-sex marriage, but what does traditional marriage mean anymore? In his essay, "Divorce on Demand" (National Review, October 27, 200 . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
October 11, 2003
Many have pondered that perennial question: "What is the purpose of the universe?" and not found a satisfactory answer. Yet, in a recent interview with Michael . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
October 6, 2003
As we scan the discussion lists, we see a major increase in pessimism on the Right. Some say they're just too depressed to read anymore, or are sure we're on . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
September 27, 2003
There's a proverb about sailing on the notoriously shallow Chesapeake Bay, "If you haven't run aground at least once, either you're not sailing or you're lying. . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
September 22, 2003
We've been hearing many of the Democratic presidential candidates lamenting that we are now "a nation divided." This is news? Well, yes and no. If that isn't . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
August 15, 2003
PETER: Were here to celebrate Victorious America.
We congratulate our troops, who are in Iraq, right now, rubbing out the last of the tyranny of Saddam . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
July 31, 2003
A new study about the conservative attitude has recently come out. Entitled "Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition," it is obviously not . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
July 25, 2003
Living here in Washington, DC, we see plenty of protest rallies. Some of them are amusing, many seem pointless, and some like Tractor Man are both . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
July 5, 2003
Is it time for international divorce court or can we still repair our aging marriage over a nice, candlelit French dinner? Panelists at a recent Heritage . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
July 3, 2003
As we approach our 227th birthday as a nation, it is appropriate to consider the streams of history which, in their confluence, contributed to the occasion we . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 30, 2003
The big-ticket liberal academics who had gathered at Charlie Rose's round table that night were scared. They circled their wagons around his hospitable campfire . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 29, 2003
Transcript of March 18, 2003, interview with Major Bob Bevelacqua.
Bob
I'm very outspoken and I don't align myself with any party. When I think it's . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 28, 2003
Transcript of interview with Malcolm Peck, December 23, 2002.
Peter
Tell us your understanding of the great experiment. We hope you'll elaborate on the . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 27, 2003
Transcript of interview with Washington, DC, Councilmember, Carol Schwartz, December 12, 2002.
Helen
Could you tell us your conception of "America, the great . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 26, 2003
When the dictator, Josef Stalin, first appeared at the brand-new United Nations accompanied by representatives of Soviet "labor unions," other delegates cried . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 25, 2003
Transcript of interview with Patricia Tyson, a Black woman who grew up in Washington, DC, during segregation, who worked her way into the State Department and . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 24, 2003
We met with Akram Elias the morning after he provided the Arabic translation of President Bush's speech addressed to the American Enterprise Institute. Akram's . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 23, 2003
Following is an interview with Akram Elias, Lebanese born American citizen, 33rd degree Mason, Manager of Capitol Communications Group and Consultant to the U.S . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 22, 2003
Following is an interview with Akram Elias, Lebanese born American citizen, 33rd degree Mason, Manager of Capitol Communications Group and Consultant to the U.S . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 21, 2003
It seems that it is the same old story... again: those who cannot (or will not) defend themselves are biting the hand that defends them. But, in order to hide . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 20, 2003
Unusual circumstances have the power to highlight our usually un-noticed habits of belief and attitude. A heavy snowfall here in Washington, DC, recently . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 19, 2003
Many of our readers and students are surprised to hear our current views about peace. With our background as ministers, they assumed we would only talk of love . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 18, 2003
One of our investment projects is buying old houses, updating, then selling them. Usually the most excitement we encounter during one of these projects is . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 17, 2003
Most of us respond with generosity to someone who is truly needy, but it's sometimes difficult to decide who is truly in need. We offer some of our experiences . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 16, 2003
Recently we visited Monticello, the estate of Thomas Jefferson. After a tour of the home, we encountered a guide on the grounds informing us "surprise!" Thomas . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 15, 2003
An open letter to Toni Smith, a college student in Manhattanville, NY, who chooses to turn her back on the American Flag during the playing of the national . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 14, 2003
America is being criticized for being "Arrogant" and for being "Too Powerful." Yes, we are the richest and most powerful nation on earth, but this hasn't . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 13, 2003
Does the gun-control debate have any connection with the reality of guns in our society? Author John Lott suggests that the answer is no.
On Monday, May 19th . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 12, 2003
In our last article ("A New Class of Slaves -- The Rich") we reported that "the poor" had enslaved "the rich," but it wasn't their fault.
The real oppressors . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 11, 2003
How would you describe someone who benefits from the involuntary labor of others? Do you think of feudal kings sitting on their royal bottoms, watching the . . .
Peter & Helen Evans
June 10, 2003
America was founded on the "self-evident truth" of our right of individual freedom, and our government was instituted to secure that right. The Declaration of . . .
