The Hobbit movie will be released on December 14. That is to say, the first installment will be released. The plans have been for the story to be told in two parts, with the second movie coming out in the following year. But recently it
The Hobbit movie will be released on December 14. That is to say, the first installment will be released. The plans have been for the story to be told in two parts, with the second movie coming out in the following year. But recently it
Browsing on the LCMS website and looking for something else, I came across this interview with Gen. John W. Vessey, whose distinguished military career including not only combat in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, but serving as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under
Another mass shooting, this time at a Sikh temple in Wade Page in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, just outside of Milwaukee. Six people were killed and three were wounded, including a policeman who is in critical condition. The killer, who was fatally shot by a police
It has been suggested that we add to this blog the ability to register “likes” and “dislikes,” thumbs up or thumbs down on comments, with tabulation of the responses. Other blogs do this, and something like it is a fixture of Facebook. The reasoning is
Physics professor Stephen M. Barr explains how quantum physics makes the world view of materialism–the assumption of most of today’s atheists–scientifically impossible. Materialism is an atheistic philosophy that says that all of reality is reducible to matter and its interactions. It has gained ground because
Masaaki Suzuki is a distinguished harpsichordist, organist, Yale music professor, and conductor who founded and directs the Bach Collegium Japan. He is also a devout Christian. Many thanks to Paul McCain and the various people he credits for unearthing this quotation from the liner notes
Ruth Marcus observes how our political discourse–or at least the media coverage of that discourse–has become little more than a tallying of gaffes and faux-gaffes: The 2012 presidential campaign has become a festival of gaffe-hopping. The candidates skitter along on the surface of politics, issuing
To illustrate the point of the “gaffe” post, what did you learn from media coverage of Mitt Romney’s trip to England, Poland, and Israel? That he made people mad at him by questioning England’s Olympic preparedness and Palestinian culture? Anything else? Did you know he
When Gabby Douglas won the gold medal for individual women’s gymnastics, the first thing she did was shift the glory: “Let all that I am praise the LORD; may I never forget the good things he does for me.” These are the first words 16-year-old
On Thursday, Arizona’s law forbidding abortion after 20 weeks went into effect. It prohibits abortions performed after the point at which science shows that the fetus can feel pain. The Arizona law was upheld by a court, and similar “fetal pain” bills are in the
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