The Academy Award nomination of the small-budget Christian movie Alone Yet Not Alone for best song was rescinded. The composer of the music, a former member of the Board of Governors, was said to have improperly promoted the song by e-mailing the current board about
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case brought by Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood that claims the Obamacare contraception and morning-after-pill mandate violate the company owners’ religious freedom. How do you think the court will rule? (more…)
We must celebrate our national holiday, Superbowl Sunday, so use this blog to make predictions, comment on the game, and complain about the half-time show. You can live-blog the commercials. We will even modify our newly-minted blog rule to allow for trash talk, as long
Martin Luther’s influence goes far beyond the theology of the Lutheran Church. His putting the Gospel and the Word of God at the center was the catalyst for all Protestantism. But even his theological opponents have accepted his ideas like worship in the vernacular, congregational
According to secret documents released by Edward Snowden, certain cellphone apps–including the popular game “Angry Birds”– are “leaky,” allowing the NSA to tap into your smartphone and its treasure trove of information about you. (more…)
During his State of the Union address, President Obama said that because Congress keeps thwarting his agenda, he will advance his positions about immigration, the environment, the economy, gun control, and other of his priorities by issuing executive orders. He has already been doing that
The Indianapolis Star reports on a case of apparent demon possession and successful exorcism in Gary, Indiana. I don’t know what I think of all of this, but this case–complete with walking on a ceiling and many other seemingly supernatural manifestations–is unusually well-attested, with police
So where do we stand with Obamacare, now that HealthCare.gov is more or less working? Michael Gerson reports: The early returns are in. A large majority of the 2.2 million people who had purchased insurance on the exchanges by year-end — 65 percent to 90 percent, according
So, how are you doing with your New Year’s resolution to monitor the comments on your blog and establish a higher tone of discourse? That was the gist of what one of this blog’s readers put to me, making the point that the personal insults,
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Fixing my technological fix
Friends, there has been some good discussion about yesterday’s post regarding the comments on this blog. No sooner, of course, did the Patheos tech people implement the changes but, before I could even explain them, someone started flagging everything, resulting in a “flagocalypse.” So to