This blog was knocked out of the worldwide web for a whole week due to technical difficulties. I have learned that some of you have become overly dependent on this site as a source for what is happening in the world. (I appreciate the sentiment,
This blog was knocked out of the worldwide web for a whole week due to technical difficulties. I have learned that some of you have become overly dependent on this site as a source for what is happening in the world. (I appreciate the sentiment,
But that we thought might happen. . . . . Apparently, Fidel Castro did NOT take up the Christian faith or rejoin the Roman Catholic Church during the Pope’s visit. That Iranian Christian who was facing the death penalty was not executed, “just” sentenced to
We saw The Avengers, the movie that’s setting box office records. We went whole hog, springing for the version in 3-D AND Imax. Like other comic book movies, it was mostly what Aristotle in his Poetics called “spectacle.” Movies today go all out with high-tech
The Washington Post has a big story of the sort that opposition researchers love, an event from the past that can discredit a candidate with voters. Reportedly, when Mitt Romney was in high school, he and some friends jumped a guy with long hair–someone who
The great sociologist of religion Peter Berger comments on the project of Andrew Bowen, who in 2011 practiced a different religion each month—Hindu in January, Baha’i in February, Zoroastrian in March, etc. Religion today, he says, is no longer a matter of personal identity, history,
President Obama’s position on gay marriage has evolved to the point that he’s now all for it. That’s what he told ABC News. One reason he cited was his Christian faith. “You know, we [his wife Michele and he] are both practicing Christians and obviously
The countries of the European Union are voting out the leaders who had been pushing austerity measures to reduce debt, cut back the welfare states, and get their economies on a more solid footing. French President Sarkozy was ousted in favor of socialist Francois Hollande.
Hello. Test. Test. Is this thing on? I think so, now. After a week! So the hosting company’s server went down, but then they had trouble transferring the files to a new one, and then they gave me an alphabet soup of technical gibberish in
House Democrats have introduced a proposed constitutional amendment that would specify that the rights guaranteed by that document apply only to individuals and not to “corporate” entities. The intention is to undo the Supreme Court’s ruling that allows organizations to spend unlimited money on political
David Ignatius brings up what could be heralds of good economic prospects ahead. (Or is it just a pipe dream?) First, the case that America is entering a new era of energy security: My expert here is Robin West, a friend who is chairman of
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