In the modern age, scholars have repeatedly discounted the Scriptures, especially the Old Testament, as just a collection of folk myths and fabrications. But a funny thing happened—modern archaeology began digging up concrete evidence that the Old Testament stories were indeed rooted in history. Not only rooted in history, but historically accurate.

So why the Columbus myth?

There exists a "political illusion": the idea that government can create the good society and solve all our problems.

There’ll be plenty of time over the next few months to discuss the political and legal implications of the passing of Justice Scalia. But today, I’d like to focus on the legacy of Scalia’s life. First, his family. For Scalia and his wife, married for 55 years, “choose life” was more than a slogan. As Ross Douthat tweeted on Saturday, “Politics aside, we should all die full of years, with 28 grandchildren, in our sleep after quail hunting.”