Brendan O’Neill himself does not believe in God, but he has written a piece entitled How atheists became the most colossally smug and annoying people on the planet – Telegraph Blogs. After rehearsing the various ways atheists have become obnoxious, he offers a rather penetrating
You know the American Dream, that in this country if people work hard and grab their opportunities they can pull themselves up by their own bootstraps and find material success? Or, put another way, that America is a land of social mobility, where poor people
Those who oppose Obamacare may well be glad that the President keeps delaying the implementation of parts of the law (namely, the employer mandate and the limits on out-of-pocket expenses). But there is a deeper issue: The law says that these measures are to go
A commission is recommending to Congress that churches and other 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations be allowed to endorse political candidates without losing their tax-extemptions. Here is the report. Details after the jump. I decry the politicization of churches. And yet I also decry the federal government
Retiring baby-boomers are increasingly moving away from their houses in the suburbs to condos in the city. This makes sense. Single and just-married adults living in small apartments when just starting out, then moving to larger homes, more space, and better schools in the suburbs
Just what school children need: more internet! President Obama has a new signature program in the works. “ConnectEd” will provide high-speed internet access to schools, with its multi-billion dollar cost funded by new fees on cell phones. And the beauty of it, according to the
Christians have their different theologies. Conservatism comprises a number of different ideologies. Now studies are showing that there are different kinds of atheists. Sociologist George Yancey discusses recent research that classifies atheists into six different types. (more…)
Remember Stewart Lundy, my former student who helped me with the technical side of my blog? He has now embraced farming. But what a farm! He is doing cutting-edge local, sustainable, organic farming. He is raising heirloom vegetables, chickens, ducks, rabbits, bees, and “rare pigs.”
China may be reconsidering its one-child policy, with its forced abortions and vast array of unintended consequences. William Wan writes in the Washington Post about the impact of the policy on parents whose one child has died. (more…)
Trying to be “contemporary,” as in contemporary worship, requires hitting a moving target, since, by definition, what is up to the minute changes every minute. This is especially true when it comes to pop culture, which depends for its commercial success on spinning out fashions
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