Now that homosexual relationships are winning legal, binding status, some people are calling for similar laws ratifying friendship: Now, a number of scholars are seeking to shore up friendship in a surprising way: by granting it legal recognition. Some of the rights and privileges restricted
John McCain is old; Barack Obama is young. McCain looks back; Obama looks forward; McCain represents the past; Obama represents the new. See how Peggy Noonan frames the election in terms of two mindsets already at work in our culture: the Old America vs. the
Some thoughts about the controversy over movie reviews that we discussed yesterday, occasioned by the Christianity Today critic giving “Sex & the City” three stars. . .(This blog seems to have become THE place to talk about this, with even one of the parties to
Then don’t measure yourself against Cyd Charisse, who died this week. Notice how in “Singin’ in the Rain” with Gene Kelley, she projects two polar opposite feminine archtypes: the temptress (the dark lady) AND the romantic ideal (the fair maiden):
What the Episcopal church in the USA is going through, the state Lutheran church in Germany is facing: Prospect of gay Lutheran bishop divides Germans . He hasn’t been elected yet, but he is one of two candidates. We confessional types have pretty much written
Hey, thanks for carrying the blog yesterday. You alerted me to lots of interesting things, some of which I might blog about. For example, thanks to Tickletext for this: Is anyone following the mini-controversy over Christianity Today’s 3-star review of the Sex and the City
Mollie Hemingway pulls together some reporting that frames the controversy over homosexuality in terms of Gay rights vs. religious freedom. Some major conflicts are breaking out already and will only get worse: Hagerty [reporting about a gay couple that wanted to use a Methodist worship
Ross Douthat wants someone to write a book entitled A History of Theodicy: Here’s something I’d like to see: A history of popular theodicy, tracing the influence of the “argument from the existence of evil” against belief in God (or the Christian God, at least)
This doesn’t happen to me very much: I have nothing to say. I have not come across anything particularly interesting today that I wanted to blog about. So I’ll host an open thread and turn the blog over to you. Have YOU come across anything
This article, ‘Pro-Life’ Drugstores Market Beliefs, tells about new pharmacies that are opening that refuse to stock morning after pills. Mostly a Catholic phenomenon, these shops also refuse to carry contraceptives, as well as tobacco and racy magazines. Some observers are outraged, but I salute
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