On June 30, an extra second will be added to the Bureau of Standard’s atomic clocks. This is so that our clocks will align more precisely with the rotation and orbit of the Earth. The fear is that this will throw off the world’s computers,
On June 30, an extra second will be added to the Bureau of Standard’s atomic clocks. This is so that our clocks will align more precisely with the rotation and orbit of the Earth. The fear is that this will throw off the world’s computers,
On the road over the holidays, I heard on the radio these two songs, one right after the other. It occurred to me that they represent two different kinds of piety, two different kinds of “relationships with Jesus Christ.” Listen to them after the jump.
Columnist Ross Douthat, a conservative Catholic, has an interesting and nuanced take on the Charlie Hebdo attacks, how purposefully offensive speech is wrong–and yet, if someone threatens to murder a person over it, that speech becomes something good, something that deserves defending. (more…)
The National Labor Relations Board has said that colleges, in general, must allow professors to join a union. To objections by church-related institutions, the board said that religious institutions may be exempt only if its professors actively promote and carry out a distinctly religious mission.
Open Doors has released statistics about the persecution of Christians in 2014: how many Christians were killed because of their faith (double what it was last year, and triple what it was the year before that); the number of attacks on churches; and the different
President Obama wants to provide two free years of community college to all Americans, at the government’s expense. Do you think this would be a good idea or a bad idea? (My view after the jump.) (more…)
Islamic terrorists, having attacked the offices of the humor magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing twelve, struck again in Paris, attacking t a Jewish kosher grocery store, killing four hostages. The French held a huge rally Sunday–the largest in the history of that nation of popular uprisings–in
The Wise Men gave Christ gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. What gift do you think Christ most wants from you? Pastor Douthwaite in his Epiphany sermon said that the offering Christ most wants from us is our sins. (more…)
The always-interesting Greg Forster has written a very perceptive review of the new book I wrote with Matt Ristuccia: Imagination Redeemed. The best reviews not only tell about a book but contribute to the topics it raises, and this one certainly does this, thoughtfully extending
In 2017, two years from now, we will be marking the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, occasioned by Martin Luther posting his 95 Theses. There will be lots of festivities, especially at the Luther sites in Germany. Those look to include performances of the opera
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