Thanks, everybody, for your kind words and what I think is a pretty successful launch in the Patheos big city (as someone called it). The comments on the “introductions” post offered some suggestions, and I want to follow up on that. First, what is your
President Obama has nominated his chief of staff, Jack Lew, to be the new Treasury Secretary. That has stirred some controversy. But what I worry about is his signature, which will go on all currency issues during his time in office: (more…)
. . .is Bill Clinton. Clinton was named the “Father of the Year” by the National Father’s Day Council on Wednesday. The group selected Clinton for his “profound generosity, leadership and tireless dedication to both his public office and many philanthropic organizations,” Dan Orwig, chairman
Michael Westfall is a longtime reader and commenter here. His daughter Lidija is very sick and requires some special treatments. She is a project for Give Forward. The goal is to raise $5,000 by January 31st, and they are 73% of the way there. Please
Here we are, at our new digs at Patheos. For longtime readers wondering what has happened, read this explanation. For new readers, welcome to Cranach. You can read about the blog, about me, and about our patron saint (if we had patron saints) Lucas Cranach
A six-year-old was suspended from the first grade in a D.C. suburb for pointing his finger like a gun and saying “pow.” Alexandra Petri reflects on other crimes committed by children: What about all the kids who get away, every year, with spreading “cooties”? Clearly,
This sounds like it has the potential to be a terrific movie. Mike Fleming has seen the script: Brad Pitt is circling the title role in Warner Bros‘ Pontius Pilate, the drama about one of history’s most vilified figures. The studio acquired a script by
For only the 8th time in history, no veteran ballplayer got elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Not the one with the home run record for both a single season and for a career. (That would be Barry Bonds.) Not the pitcher with
Southern Gospel Yankee has an interesting account of how the late actor Steve McQueen(a.k.a. “the King of Cool”) became a Christian. (The narrative is the familiar one of a flagrant sinner getting witnessed to, “accepting Christ,” and becoming a changed person. The details, though, are
A tribal community in India that calls itself Bnei Menashe (Hebrew for “children of Mannaseh”) is claiming to be the the remnant of the Hebrew tribe of Mannaseh, one of the “lost tribes” that was taken into captivity by the Assyrians some 3000 years ago.
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