Back when I was in graduate school, I took a course on American English. We studied the history and characteristics of the various American dialects, including that of Tangier Island. This little island in the middle of Chesapeake Bay was settled by English folks from
Hillary Clinton played the role of a loyal soldier when she was Secretary of State, but now that she is not working for the administration and now that she is gearing up for a presidential run, she is harshly criticizing President Obama’s foreign policy, promising
Atheists are always invoking science, but notice how often their arguments and rhetoric use political language. God allegedly “oppresses” human beings, taking away their “freedom.” They say that God is “immoral,” that, in the words of John Lennon, if we imagine no religion, “the world
My brother-in-law (Seabees, retired) told me that when we withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan, we are going to be leaving behind or destroying much of the military equipment our troops had been using, since it is too expensive to bring back and there won’t be
Sounds are vibrations of the air that are picked up by vibrations of the eardrum. Those vibrations of the air can cause other objects to vibrate. Scientists at MIT have found a way to reconstruct what people have said from a video of the vibrations
As Islamic State routed tough Kurdish forces (the largest pro-American group in Iraq), drawing near to Americans still in Erbil, President Obama has given the go-ahead for airstrikes “if necessary.” He also said we would drop food and water to the sectarian Muslims that Islamic
We have the post-moderns and the post-Christians; now we have the post-Protestants. Referring mainly to post-mainline Protestants, these are the children of those liberal denominations who have preserved their parents’ self-righteousness, individualism, millennialism, and sense of being chosen–except without Jesus and any kind of Biblical
Psychologists have used a 40-question test to diagnose the condition of narcissism, a syndrome of extreme self-regard and lack of empathy for others. A study has determined, though, that it is possible to diagnose narcissism by asking the subject only one question. And that question
Russia is responding to our sanctions and expressing its leader’s contempt for what he considers American weakness by sending nuclear bombers into American airspace. This has happened 16 times in the last 10 days. (more…)
Last Sunday’s sermon was a great take on the feeding of the five thousand. Pastor Douthwaite saw in the account a contrast between the pragmatism of the disciples and the compassion of Jesus. (more…)
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