Joel Rosenberg has written another excellent article, addressing the Newtown, CT tragedy

Implosion update: The demons of violence are on the loose in America. But why? And where do we go from here?

All this is so painful to see, so heart-wrenching. I look at my own children — including my little 8 year old — and then look at all the grieving parents on TV and think, “There but the grace of God go I.” I’m praying for the Lord to comfort and heal all those traumatized by what happened in Newtown. But as I do I can’t help but think about the trendlines and the dark trajectory our nation is on. It’s not just “the economy, stupid.” We are, in many respects, in a moral and spiritual freefall in our country, and we are paying a terrible price...

Consider just the cultural war against Jesus and Christmas that has been waged just in the last few days:

• Fox News headline: “Holiday message: Atheists dub Jesus a ‘myth’ on Times Square billboard”
• CNN column, “Have yourself a merry atheist Christmas“
• AP article about the “War on Christmas”
• Fox News story about a rapper singing about a “Gangbanger Jesus”
• KTVA-TV (Alaska) story: “Atheists Wage War on Christmas in Anchorage: Anti-religion signs on People Mover buses”
• Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart wages war on Christmas and mocks those who thinks he’s wrong [caution: obscene language]