Gallup has compiled various statistics about “well-being” (health, work, emotional satisfaction, etc.) and has come up with a ranking of states according to how happy they are. The most happy states, according to this study, are North Dakota and South Dakota. The least happy is
Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. There are those who claim that these too have pagan origins, which is particularly ludicrous. In his ongoing dismantling of the claims that Christian holidays have pagan origins, Pastor Joseph Abrahamson tells about the true origin
The Supreme Court turned down the appeal of the Romeikes, that German family who sought asylum in the United States after the German government threatened to take their children because they were homeschooling them. But despite the family losing what seemed to be their final
Last week, President Obama gave a stern warning to Vladimir Putin not to intervene militarily in the Ukraine. Whereupon Putin did just that. We have had the “red line” that Syria dare not cross, dropping sanctions against Iran to encourage them not to develop a
Russia continues to hold the Crimea peninsula, but Vladimir Putin said that he would not use force against the rest of Ukraine, while reserving the right to do so. (more…)
Justin Taylor has a useful post entitled 6 Quotes that Luther Didn’t Actually Say. After the jump, see what they are. (To be fair, some of them are close to what he said, as loose translations or summaries. And what he attributes to me on
The Pew Research Center has compiled some interesting data about Democrats. Though the “liberal” faction has been growing rapidly and is at its highest level in over 20 years, it still comprises only 34% of Democrats, with 67% describing themselves as “moderate” or “conservative” (strangely
Al Mohler gives us some useful language in thinking about the conflicts of the day: “Erotic liberty” vs. “Religious liberty.” And when those two clash, you know which one will prevail. (more…)
I throw out opinions on all kinds of topics, but my real area of expertise is 17th Century English literature. To drill down to an even more specific field, as we English professors have to do, I have a specialty in George Herbert, the great
Research is showing that babies as young as six months have a moral sense. Some ingenious experiments with toys show babies favoring “good guys” over “bad guys.” And they really like to see “bad guys” punished. This suggests that morality is not just learned from
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