A major reason we waste 40% of our food supply: We insist on visually perfect fruits and vegetables, even though they often don’t have as much flavor or nutritional value as blemished produce. “Once one realizes that root vegetables and most other plants synthesize more
After the jump, a video from a camera mounted on the back of an eagle, showing what it is like to soar from an eagle’s point of view. (more…)
The Supreme Court is considering whether or not to hear a case involving a Christian business owner who objects to the Obamacare mandate that he must offer his employees free contraceptives and morning after pills. Most observers think the court will hear the case. If
A growing number of Baptists are turning to liturgical worship. So says the Associated Baptist Press and a new book on the subject. Why? Because liturgy is inherently “missional.” And because it attracts young people. Now that the church growth movement has come completely full
Do you or does someone in your household periodically purge your refrigerator and cupboards of food that is past its expiration date? It turns out, those dates on food have nothing to do with whether or not it’s still safe to eat. Confusion over “sell-by,”
Republicans in Congress say they will agree to stop the impending shutdown of the federal government only if Democrats agree to defund Obamacare. Does this strike you as a disastrous strategy? (more…)
The same Congressional coalition of Tea Party conservatives and far-left liberals that blocked an attack on Syria also came close to reining in the NSA surveillance program. Washington Post political columnist Greg Sargent sees an on-going alliance coming together. (more…)
One of the features of Obamacare is to require electronic medical records, which will supposedly save lots of money by allowing doctors of all types to plug into your medical history. That creates, though, a vast network under government control that violates the principle, enshrined
The pro-life movement is winning some major victories on the ground. The result is that abortion clinics are closing in record numbers. (more…)
Intelligent Design scholar Stephen Meyer has a new book out, Darwin’s Doubt. Emily Belz of World reports on a talk he gave in New York City in which he says that various scientists, from a purely secularist point of view, are challenging Darwinism and proposing
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