If anything disqualifies John "The Hair" Edwards from the presidency of the local Kiwanis club -- let alone the United States -- it's his decision this week to keep on bloggers Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan. Everyone political watcher initially thought that the initial selection of Marcotte and McEwan to run Edwards' blog was evidence […]
I don't watch a whole lot of television entertainment shows. For a period of several years I didn't watch any at all -- I watched a variety of news shows, wrote this blog and played video games. Lately, however, I've been hooked on "Heroes" on NBC and I belatedly jumped on the "Veronica Mars" bandwagon […]
And the radical left always claims that the right wants to restrict freedom of speech. (via The Volokh Conspiracy) Former New York Times reporter and now senior fellow at The Nation Institute, Chris "American Fascists" Hedges: This is the awful paradox of tolerance. There arise moments when those who would destroy the tolerance that makes […]
For the past decade it's become a trite saying: What Would Jesus Do? Christians of all stripes have had bracelets or necklaces or other adornments with the "W.W.J.D.?" on them. Unfortunately, for too many people, Jesus' position on any given issue just happens to coincide with what the bracelet's wearer would like to do. This […]
Please see important update at the bottom of this post. If you haven't seen the movie "End of the Spear," it's out on video and you should pick it up. The film about four Christian missionaries who were brutally killed by the Waodani tribe of Ecuador focuses mainly on the Saint family. One of the […]
This week's Time magazine has an interesting little debate between atheist/scientist Richard Dawkins and Christian/scientist Francis Collins. The one thing that struck me about the whole debate was was how Dawkins was willing to assume that there may be millions of parallel universes (the multiverse) that we know nothing about and have no evidence for, […]
Senate hopeful Harold Ford, Jr. of Tennessee hasn't been running the most deft of campaigns against Bob Corker. And the other night he stuck his foot in it again. My friend Lincoln Davis who chairs our campaign says there are, there’s one big difference between us and misfortunate Republicans when it comes to our faith: […]
Hugh Hewitt had Andrew Sullivan on his radio show yesterday. The transcript is incomplete, but you can listen to the interview in two parts here. (You'll need to scroll down a little bit, and listen to the 50-minute long part first.) Full disclosure: Shortly after 9/11, when Sullivan was still sane, he once referred to […]
Michael and Jana Novak have an interesting essay on the Founders and their religious faith over at National Review Online. It's an informative read, that unfortunately leaves you wanting more. I found the following tidbit rather amusing: As the greatest of all American historians, Gordon Wood, has been pointing out very forcefully in recent months, […]
Rod Dreher over at the Dallas Morning News has an excellent article on faith in the wake of last week's tragic school shooting in Pennsylvania.