Charles Krauthhammer says there is no such thing as “settled science”: “The debate is settled,” asserted propagandist in chief Barack Obama in his latest State of the Union address. “Climate change is a fact.” Really? There is nothing more anti-scientific than the very idea that
Final: The Rapture is another end times movie. It’s billed as a “Christian horror movie.” The purpose, according to filmmaker Tim Chey, is to “win people to Christ” by scaring “the living daylights out of nonbelievers.” After the jump, I excerpt a story about the
From the other extreme of Final: The Rapture, I found myself watching The Lego Movie last weekend. I know. It’s a toy movie. It sounds like you need to see it with a 7-year old. But it is a very funny, creative, intriguing movie. Its
A measure that proposes to split California into six states–since the one has so much diversity that it is “ungovernable”–is actually making headway, with officials giving permission to start getting signatures on a petition to put it to a vote. They only need just over
Yes, I’m a Downton Abbey fan. Of course I am. I also liked Upstairs Downstairs, which pioneered the British period piece about early 20th century aristocrats and their servants. This season’s finale of Downton is this week. (Why do British series have such short seasons?
Deroy Murdock plumbs new depths of pessimism about our government and our political system. Does he have a point? From “The United States of Decline,” at National Review Online | Print: America is unraveling at a stunning speed and to a staggering degree. This decline
You thought it was complicated using “non-sexist” pronouns, avoiding the generic “he” for “he or she” or using “they” as a non-gendered singular? Consider the travails of a binary language in a world of 58 genders. (more…)
Violence is intensifying in the Ukraine, as a truce between pro-Western protesters and the Russian-dominated government fell apart. The protesters are getting weapons and more regions of the country are rising up. Read George Will on the relationship between nationalism, democracy, and communism and on
Tullian Tchividjian tells about discovering–along with some other evangelicals–the great Lutheran novel The Hammer of God. (more…)
Music streaming site Pandora is claiming that it can tell how their listeners will vote according to the music they like. They plan to use this information to sell political advertising. Why would candidates buy advertising to attract voters who already are likely to vote
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