Sesame Street has signed a deal with HBO that will allow the popular children’s show to double the number of original episodes that it will produce next year. Those shows will be shown free on Public Television nine months later. In the meantime, we can
Donald Trump will be meeting with a “select” group of evangelical pastors in an event organized by television evangelist Paula White, a woman who is the senior pastor of her megachurch and who teaches the “prosperity gospel.” (more…)
Scientists are worried because more and more experiments are not reproducible. A principle of the scientific method is that for an experiment to be valid, another scientist who performs it must get the same results. In many cases today, that is not happening. This is
One of J. R. R. Tolkien’s earliest writings has been published this week in England. (It will be released in the U.S.A. in April.) It’s called The Story of Kullervo, a retelling of a dark episode from the Finnish national epic the Kalevala. Hannah Sander
There once was a time when evangelical voters favored candidates who were Christians and who modeled “family values.” Today the favorite candidate among evangelical voters is someone who says he has never repented of his sins, has been married three times, brags about his sexual
To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the most beloved novels in American literature, so its legions of fans were overjoyed to hear that its author, Harper Lee, was going to publish Go Set a Watchman, another novel featuring the same main characters. But now
The ACLU threatened to sue a Catholic hospital for refusing to perform a sterilization procedure requested by a woman. So it gave in, violating Catholic teachings. I suspect the hospital could have won that legal battle. But now not only lawsuits but the threat of
Rev. Bruce Timm reflects on how his wife and children have made him a better person. That is, how they have contributed to his sanctification by acting as “law” in his life. His thoughts are about the vocations of marriage and parenthood, but they have
There are strong indications that Vice-President Joe Biden, in light of Hillary Clinton’s stumbles and legal problems, is seriously considering a run for the Democratic presidential nomination. Democrats, would you rather have Biden than Clinton? What about if Elizabeth Warren is his running-mate, as is
The book that I did with Andrew Kern some time ago is back in a new, expanded, updated edition. Its title and subject: Classical Education. (more…)
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