A major study has been released exploring the role of the Bible for contemporary Americans. It’s entitled The Bible in American Life . You can access it here. Among its findings: 48% of Americans report reading the Bible sometime during the course of last year.
The Obama administration has orchestrated sanctions against Russia for taking over the Crimea from Ukraine. What we’ll do is target 11 individuals, freezing their assets and not letting them travel in the West. That’ll show ’em! These Russian officials won’t be able to come to
A related mystery in the case of the missing airliner. Whatever happened, why didn’t–or haven’t–any of the 239 people on board call somebody on their cell phones? (more…)
In 1941, J. R. R. Tolkien did what most fathers tremble to do: talk to his son about sex. He did so in a letter filled with wisdom, insight, and a thoroughly Christian sensibility on what he called the devil’s “favorite subject.” Suggestion to trembling
In a desperate, last-ditch attempt to get 18-34 year-olds to sign up for Obamacare–those “young invincibles” who are expected to foot the bill for everyone else–the administration and allied independent groups are trying to reach them with comedy routines, cash prizes, and–most humorously of all–songs
It’s time to pay attention to college basketball now that the teams have been announced for the NCAA basketball tournament. (more…)
Today we express our appreciation to the Irish for saving civilization. St. Patrick converted the Irish, who copied books from classical literature through the Bible and kept alive the ability to read them, as the barbarians ravaged Europe after the Fall of Rome. The consequent
What do you think of this? U.S. officials announced plans Friday to relinquish federal government control over the administration of the Internet, a move that pleased international critics but alarmed some business leaders and others who rely on the smooth functioning of the Web. (more…)
The plot thickens in the mystery of the missing Boeing 777. After the transponder went silent, automatic signals from the plane’s engines kept functioning for several more hours, revealing abrupt changes in course and altitude. Then those shut off, but the satellite that receives the
The plot also thickens in the Ukraine. Crimea, the heavily ethnic Russian section of the Ukraine with the warm-water port, voted to secede from the Ukraine and join Russia. The new pro-Western government claims that is illegal, as is the European Union and the United
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