Christian scholar Mary Eberstadt has a new book entitled How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization. From the editorial description at Amazon: In this magisterial work, leading cultural critic Mary Eberstadt delivers a powerful new theory about the decline of religion
Officials have learned that the dead Boston Marathon bomber was involved in an earlier triple homicide. His accomplice in that murder confessed under questioning but attacked interrogators with a knife, whereupon he was killed. In the meantime, two men in London assaulted and beheaded an
Lois Lerner, the IRS officer who first disclosed that the agency had been targeting conservative organizations, invoked the 5th Amendment’–“I refuse to answer on the grounds that I might incriminate myself”–in refusing to say anything at a Congressional investigation. (more…)
In the course of recounting an online argument, novelist Lars Walker gives an excellent account of how the Bible gave ordinary men and women the conceptual ability to question their rulers, thus, in his words, turning them “from subjects to citizens.” (more…)
The Senate reached a bipartisan deal on immigration reform. The measure must now go to the House, where we will see if the Republican agreement holds. Details after the jump. (more…)
Odd and questionable–but unintentionally amusing–cultural commentary from Chris Richards in the Washington Post: Over the past decade, we’ve seen the rise of the foodie class and decline of the record industry. Are the two related? When did we start talking about new food trucks instead
Growing up in Oklahoma, in tornado alley, I remember hearing that tornadoes, like lightning, never strike the same place twice. Well, that’s not true. In 1999, Moore, Oklahoma–a big suburb between Oklahoma City and Norman–was struck by a monster tornado, an F-5, one so big
The inimitable Lutheran journalist Mollie Z. Hemingway satirically dismantles the practice of journalism as it is practiced today. The piece defies summary or excerpt. Just read it at Intercollegiate Review: How to Be a Really Lousy Journalist for Fun and Profit | Intercollegiate Review.
It wasn’t just Tea Party groups that the IRS harassed, delayed, and audited. Some religious groups were too, including some that already had the non-profit exemption. See the list after the jump. (more…)
Going to Patheos has worked well for this blog. Our readership is up half again what it was before we made the move. And I’ve gotten used to the form (short posts on the homepage with a jump to the rest of it) and like
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