The English Standard Version of the Bible (ESV), in third place in popularity to the King James Version (KJV) and the International Version (NIV), has published its final changes, a mere 29 verses and 52 words. This “permanent text edition” will be the final update
During ceremonies at the 9/11 memorial, Hillary Clinton fainted. Democrats and their media comrades have been waxing indignant at questions about Mrs. Clinton’s health, due to reports of her needing help to go up stairs, her coughing fits, and various other alleged signs of
In the neverending battle against obesity, heart disease, and bad health, what are we supposed to avoid eating, fat or sugar? The question is important, because, if you fear fat, those fat-free products you may be substituting are packed with sugar and other carbohydrates. We
Yesterday was the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. I remember the shock and the horror of that day, watching it all unfold on television. I also remember the unity that Americans felt in the aftermath–how we all pulled together, the emotions we all shared,
Hillary Clinton puts a name to that category of Americans that Democrats most despise: “the deplorables.” These are the “haters,” those whom liberals deem to be sexist, homophobic, racist, xenophobic, and Islamophobic. To take those ideological and psychological terms as liberals use them, those who question feminism,
A classic has been defined as a work of art that still holds up after 50 years. The songs of the Beatles have attained that status. And last Thursday, on September 8, so has Star Trek. To mark the occasion, Edward Gross and Mark A.
On Reformation Day, October 31, the Pope will commemorate the Reformation in a common service with Lutherans in Sweden. Michael Root, in The Christian Century, discusses the event, sponsored by the Lutheran World Federation, and gets into the difficulties it and related events scheduled for the
The death of the book has been greatly exaggerated. A Pew study has found that Americans are reading books in large numbers. Nearly three-fourths of Americans have read at least one book in the past year. The average number of books read in that period
Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow has signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets. Much of the baseball world is skeptical and derisive. But Joel Sherman compares Tebow’s baseball dreams with those of Michael Jordan, who also, after his basketball super-career, tried to
The internet is everywhere. It knows everything about you. It will solve all of our problems. It will protect us. The singularity will create a new world. When we download our consciousness into the web, we will have eternal life. Doesn’t that sound as if
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