Journalist Laura Sessions Stepp at CNN says that people who oppose contraception are anti-science. They are among those conservatives who have no faith in science and oppose Darwin’s theory of evolution. via Anti-science and anti-contraception – CNN.com. First of all, how can science (which is
As I have confessed in this space, I have pretty much stopped watching basketball, due to the feeling that I always jinx the team I want to win. Well, the Oklahoma City Thunder–from my home state–are so good that they even overcame me. When they
More on our continuing series on Christianity & the Arts, how the Christianity part has to include not just law but gospel. . . Phil Vischer, the creator of Veggie Tales, went bankrupt in 2003, sold the franchise, and turned to other ventures. In an
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker scored a victory in the vote to recall him. And pretty handily too, for all of the “too close to call” talk in the election night coverage: 54 percent to 45 percent, via Wisconsin recall: Scott Walker wins – Alexander Burns
We touched on this with the bill prohibiting sex-selection abortion, but here it is again, reported in a matter-of-fact way: Democrats will bring to the Senate floor on Tuesday the Paycheck Fairness Act, a bill that is supposed to help close the wage gap between
One of those darn kids invented a monster. It is called Shodan. And it threatens everything connected to the internet, which is now pretty much everything: It began as a hobby for a teenage computer programmer named John Matherly, who wondered how much he could
Reformed writer Peter Leithhart argues against the closed communion practices of Catholics, Orthodox, and Lutherans on the basis of Galatians 2: The battle between Paul and the Judaizers focused on table fellowship. Initially, Peter didn’t require Gentiles to “judaize” but ate openly with uncircumcised Gentiles.
Maureen Dowd–liberal, Democratic, erstwhile Obama supporter–expresses her frustration with him and his presidency, citing other Democrats who agree with her. Read her entire analysis of Obama’s presidency at the link below. An excerpt: A Times article by Jo Becker and Scott Shane revealed that the
Today is a big day not only because of the Transit of Venus (see below) but because Wisconsin will vote on whether or not to recall Governor Scott Walker for curtailing collective bargaining for public employee unions. All eyes will be on my former state
A rare event will take place today, something that won’t happen again this century: Venus will cross over the face of the Sun. After Tuesday evening we sink into history’s pages, having witnessed a rare astronomical event: the Transit of Venus across the sun. This
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