A new strategy for national defense: hope the enemy’s weapons don’t work. The Defense Intelligence Agency has concluded that North Korea “has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles; however, the reliability will be low.” (more…)
A new strategy for national defense: hope the enemy’s weapons don’t work. The Defense Intelligence Agency has concluded that North Korea “has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles; however, the reliability will be low.” (more…)
Michael Dirda reviews Mr. and Mrs. Dog by Donald McCaig, hailed as “the Mark Twain of dog writers.” It’s about two dogs that the author took to the World Sheepdog Trials. The event was opened with this prayer from a man named John Seraphine: “Lord,
Fareed Zakaria gives an overview of how the recently-deceased Margaret Thatcher changed the world’s economies: Consider the world in 1979, when Thatcher came to power. The average Briton’s life was a series of interactions with government: Telephone, gas, electricity and water service, ports, trains and
Thunderstorms create bolts of lightning, as we all know. Scientists have recently discovered that they also create bolts of energy that we cannot see: pulses of radiation–X-rays and Gamma-rays–that are being called “dark lightning.” (more…)
This item is for those interested in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Everyone else may look away. The nominations for president and other offices, which will be voted upon at the upcoming convention July 20-25, have been released. It looks like the current president and
The estimable Anthony Sacramone has been carrying on a fascinating and helpful discussion (in two posts here and here on Jonathan Fisk’s Broken) about the Lutheran view of the Christian life, how it perhaps doesn’t do enough with sanctification. I think the missing link, so
I didn’t grow up a Lutheran, so I don’t have the Baptismal sponsors or the Baptism anniversaries that lifelong Lutherans generally do. But not too long ago, I discovered my Baptismal certificate. It happened on April 10, 1960. You non-Lutherans will appreciate that it was
As a follow-up to our ZeroTV discussion, I present to your information about Aereo, a website that will stream live television broadcasts that it picks up over the free airwaves. Broadcasters and Cable moguls alike are trying to stop this venture in the courts, but
As gay marriage becomes the law of the land in many jurisdictions and, very likely in the near future, in the whole country, some Christians are saying, well, marriage is a religious function anyway. Let the state do whatever it wants in regards to redefining
The U.S economy is still in the doldrums. But former general and CIA director David Petraeus and Brookings scholar Michael O’Hanlon see the possibilities of a new economic boom on the horizon. IF the government doesn’t mess it up. (more…)
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