A bunch of college presidents want to lower the drinking age. One can make that case, but why would college presidents make it? Drinking and underage drinking are huge problems on college campuses, part of the climate of debauchery that rules at most of our
The latest Reuters/Zogby poll now has McCain leading Obama by 5 percentage points, reversing Obama’s recent lead by more than that margin just a few days ago. As I’ve said to Obama supporters and now say to McCain supporters, these polls mean little. Once the
It appears that both candidates will be announcing their vice presidential choices very soon. Perhaps we could have a non-partisan discussion on the matter. It seems to me that it is anti-democratic and just wrong for presidential candidates to have the power to select–according to
A man won $6 million in the Florida lottery. Doubtless grateful to God, he wanted to give a tithe to his church. But the Baptist congregationturned down the $600,000 since it came from gambling. Is that integrity or legalistic scrupulosity?
In 2005, corn sold for $2 per bushel. Today, it goes for $6 per bushel. Farmers’ land is now worth more than ever. Agricultural-related businesses are booming, and the farm states–unlike other parts of the country–are thriving economically. This article gives details. Farmers work hard,
Bigfoot has been found, went the reports. And we have a body, a furry corpse frozen in a block of ice. Well, they thawedThe Associated Press: Researcher says bigfoot just a rubber gorilla suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot
My daughter Joanna recently taught an online class for Veritas Press entitled “Latin in a Week.” She crammed an entire introductory Latin course, using the classic Wheelock text, into a single week of intensive instruction. And yes, it is possible. Blogger Tim Nichols at Full
When Rick Warren asked Barack Obama when a baby is entitled to human rights (a very well-crafted question, for which I give Rev. Warren credit), the presidential candidate said that the answer was “above my pay grade.” That answer–flippant, condescending, and disingenuous–irritates me greatly. Obama
Michael Gerson says that John McCain’s performance at Saddleback may be a turning point for the candidate, who showed that he just does better at unscripted, town-hall type events than Barack Obama: What took place instead under Warren’s precise and revealing questioning was the most
Jerry Falwell has passed away. Now Rick Warren, megachurch pastor and author of “The Purpose Driven Life,” has taken his place. In an extraordinary feat, he got both presidential candidates to come to his Saddleback church and submit to his questioning. It would have been
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