You know how in “King Lear,” he walks out at the end holding the body of his daughter, and we’re at the “no worst, there is none” moment, and just at the saddest point, Lear, mad with grief, thinks that he sees her breathing after
You know how in “King Lear,” he walks out at the end holding the body of his daughter, and we’re at the “no worst, there is none” moment, and just at the saddest point, Lear, mad with grief, thinks that he sees her breathing after
The Pope is now praising Martin Luther: Pope Benedict XVI is to rehabilitate Martin Luther, arguing that he did not intend to split Christianity but only to purge the Church of corrupt practices. Pope Benedict will issue his findings on Luther (1483-1546) in September after
The Vatican has put together a museum exhibit on the Inquisition, supposedly trying to show that it was not as bad as its reputation. From this story, it still sounds pretty bad, with the exhibit showing instructions on how to persecute Protestants and an account
Remember the predictions of a surge in Christian-themed movies after “The Passion of the Christ” became such a smash hit? Well, it didn’t happen. Studios, such as Fox, did open divisions for religious films, but they are mostly churning out straight-to-video adaptations of sappy Christian
I’ve heard many people dismayed by the major party presidential slate say that they would turn to a third party. Well, does anyone know what the various third parties are doing? Do they have a candidate either? I’ve heard the Libertarians might nominate Ron Paul,
Nobody seemed to know the answer to the hidden quiz about the Shakespeare allusions in my Warlike Harry post, so I’ll have to tell you the answer: Many of you caught that “warlike Harry” comes from HENRY V. But the great hero in that play
The hard-core German rap scene consists of skin-heads, neo-Nazis, and other anti-semites. The latest fad is to convert to Islam, call for jihad, and idolize Osama bin Laden, in place of Hitler.
Columbia is accusing Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela of supporting its leftist narco-rebels. Both countries have sent troops to their borders. Now Ecuador, where those rebels hideout and whose territory was violated by Columbian planes attacking the rebels, is getting drawn in, cutting diplomatic relations with Columbia
Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, president of Chicago Theological Seminary, in her discussion of the new findings about how Americans are always changing their religious affiliations, offers some provocative insights that we have posted over the last few days. She is, of course, utterly liberal in her
Hillary Clinton is still in this thing, having won Texas and Ohio. Meanwhile, John McCain won the Republican primaries, racking enough delegates to win the nomination. Mike Huckabee graciously conceded. For details, go here. The press, shamed by a Saturday Night Live skit, started asking