Sam Simon, one of the original creators of “The Simpsons,” died at age 59 of colon cancer. To pay tribute, what are some of your favorite “Simpsons” bits? (more…)
Sam Simon, one of the original creators of “The Simpsons,” died at age 59 of colon cancer. To pay tribute, what are some of your favorite “Simpsons” bits? (more…)
There are two organizations of people in the news today whose level of evil staggers the imagination. ISIS in Syria and Iraq is known for its beheadings, crucifixions, and massacres of the innocent. Boko Haram in Nigeria is known for kidnapping Christian school girls and
Gonzo archaeologist Simcha Jacobovici has published a new book: The Lost Gospel: Decoding the Ancient Text that Reveals Jesus’ Marriage to Mary the Magdalene. The reviewer in The Los Angeles Times, no less (not some conservative Christian), calls it “perhaps the worst book ever written
We saw the movie The Kingsmen this weekend, a throwback to the over-the-top James Bond style “gentlemen spies.” It was mostly entertaining, and lots of conservatives like it because the villain is a global warming fanatic who wants to exterminate the human race to save
Today’s Islamic revival in all of its varieties–non-jihadist and jihadist (both Shi’ite Iranians and Sunni ISIS)–is motivated by a strong apocalyptic strain, the sense well-known to some Christians that the world is coming to an end, that prophecies are being fulfilled, and that the last
What’s the big deal, one might ask, about Hillary Clinton using a private account for her e-mails when she was Secretary of State? Maybe it was a technical violation of a very minor law, but lots of us use work e-mail for personal reasons and
An archaeologist may have discovered the house in Nazareth in which Jesus grew up. He found a first-century house, upon which had been built a church, corresponding to ancient records about the Church of the Nutrition that was reportedly erected over the place where young
British comedian Russell Brand is a wild man, a former heroin addict and a blame-England-first political radical with an irreverent comic schtick. So it is striking that he is now crusading against pornography. See his video on the subject, as well as a news story,
Philosopher Justin P. McBrayer investigated why so many college freshmen do not believe in moral facts, that certain ethical principles–such as murder is wrong, or it’s wrong to cheat on tests–are objectively valid. Prof. McBrayer says that this view is actually quite rare among professional
The Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday on the most serious legal challenge to Obamacare so far. At issue in King v. Burwell is whether the language in the Affordable Care Act that provides for federal subsidies for health insurance policies purchased in exchanges “established by
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