A newly discovered work by Lucas Cranach will be auctioned off today at Christie’s in New York. It’s entitled “Bacchus at the Wine Vat.” Here is the description: A gloriously eccentric work by Cranach (1472-1553), “Bacchus at the Wine Vat,” 1530 (pictured at left; estimate:
CBS has agreed to air an Superbowl ad from Focus on the Family in which quarterback Tim Tebow’s mother talks about how she was advised to abort him. Pro-abortionists have been trying to pressure the network to not show the ad: CBS Tuesday (Jan. 26)
In tonight’s State of the Union address, the president will propose a three-year spending freeze in much, though not all, of the federal budget as a way to address the surging deficit: President Obama will call for a three-year freeze in spending on many domestic
“Avatar” passed another James Cameron movie, “Titanic,” as the top-grossing movie of all time, pulling in as of Sunday $1.292 billion worldwide. The movie about the ship earned $1.242 billion. See this report. In my review of the movie, I found it visually spectacular, but
I quote George Will here not to vaunt over liberals, as he does, but to relish his language, especially his Biblical allusion in the last of these sentences. Will first quotes the president, who said of the health care legislation, “We are on the precipice
Kevin Huffman draws out what politicians can learn from American Idol: As Scott Brown stormed to victory in the Massachusetts Senate race Tuesday night, I huddled with my daughters watching Fox. No, not the gloating election coverage on Fox News — I wouldn’t do that
The New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts will play in the Superbowl, as seems fitting. Both teams came close to having perfect seasons until the very end. That would have set up the most remarkable Superbowl ever. But still, though my own favorites didn’t
The pro-abortionists are worried. Journalist Robert McCartney, one of their number, explains why: I went to the March for Life rally Friday on the Mall expecting to write about its irrelevance. Isn’t it quaint, I thought, that these abortion protesters show up each year on
You’ve got to read Mollie Z. Hemingway’s article in the Wall Street Journal about disciplining children. Here is just a sample: Conservative Christian parenting is often unfairly presented as little more than “spare the rod, spoil the child,” advice distilled from the Bible's book of
Rev. Matt Harrison, head of Lutheran World Relief & Human Care, is on the ground in Haiti Mercy Journeys with Pastor Harrison blogging about the work of LCMS pastoral and medical teams. A sample: I’ve never been so proud and humbled to be a member
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