Interesting piece from the BBC about how the FBI conducts interrogations of terrorist suspects. And it doesn’t involve torture. (more…)
Interesting piece from the BBC about how the FBI conducts interrogations of terrorist suspects. And it doesn’t involve torture. (more…)
Somebody hacked into the Twitter account of the Associated Press, no less, and put out word that there were explosions in the White House that injured the president. That sent the stock market into a tailspin, but it recovered when the story turned out to
There was a time (I’m sounding old) when community activities were never planned on Sunday mornings. There was never such a thing as a soccer or little league practice scheduled for the time when most families were in church. That has changed. Now children’s sporting
I suspect that the Boston Marathon bombings may complicate the two big issues facing Congress right now. On gun control, I daresay that when the citizens of Boston and its environs were told to stay inside and not to open their doors to anyone other
Mathew Block, in the course of correcting a media error, explains that the Protestant state church of Germany is NOT Lutheran, but a federation of Protestant churches with a number of different theologies, including particularly the “Prussian Union,” which drove confessional Lutherans to Australia and
I stumbled upon He Rice Tanned (read it fast), a collection of sometimes humorous Luther memes. Samples after the jump. (If you know of others, or other Christian-related, or other good ones of any kind, let us know in the comments.) (more…)
Movies that are explicitly Christian are often moralistic and preachy, with characters that are stereotyped and idealized. As such, they often don’t display the gritty conflict between sin and grace that Christianity is all about. Christian movies aren’t the only films with these kinds of
In my field of higher education, the big idea is assessment. Accreditors are requiring that we assess what we do; that is, that we give evidence for the quality and effectiveness of our programs and operations. Businesses too are measuring product quality and customer satisfaction.
Atheists in Boston are complaining that they haven’t been invited to participate in the interfaith services held in connection to the Boston Marathon bombings. See No Room for Non-Theists at Boston Interfaith Service | (A)theologies | Religion Dispatches. (more…)
Here is a fascinating account of the police work that led to the identification and apprehension of the Boston Marathon bombers: Police, citizens and technology factor into Boston bombing probe – The Washington Post. The legal issue now is whether “Jahar,” the surviving terrorist, should
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