Last night’s debate between the eight Republican presidential contenders was put on by CNN and sponsored by the Tea Party, no less. Wolf Blitzer presided, but he worked from questions from the Tea Party audience, which made them arguably more interesting to conservatives. My impression
Attention is now on “jobs, jobs, jobs.” Earlier, the attention was on “economic stimulus.” But many economists are saying that those emphases miss the big problem that is dragging the economy down and preventing consumer spending: the mortgage crisis in the housing market. Almost half
Yum! Scientists are on the verge of growing artificial meat in laboratories without the need for animal slaughter, according to a report cited Thursday by The Herald Sun — with one expert predicting a stem cell sausage might be just six months away. Researchers say
Although I did not want to dwell too much on the 9/11 ten year anniversary, the occasion brought out some fascinating stories that are worth our reflection, even though the anniversary is behind us. Like this one, on the Cross at Ground Zero: The shape
The passengers on Flight 93 rose up against the hijackers, who crashed the plane in a Pennsylvania field rather than the White House or whatever their target was. We now know that if that hadn’t happened, the military was prepared to take down the airliner,
Sunday is the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. So we need to observe the occasion. And yet I find myself experiencing grief fatigue, outrage fatigue, war fatigue. I wish we could get beyond 9/11, put it behind us. Now that Osama bin Laden is
The president unveiled his jobs package last night to a joint session of Congress. Here are the main provisions of the $447 billion plan: -EMPLOYEE TAX CUTS. A deeper payroll tax cut for all workers. Congress in December cut the payroll tax, which raises money
Ecumenical News International reports that the number of interfaith worship services–that is, those in which people of different religions worshipped together (Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, etc.)–have doubled since the 9/11 attacks: Interfaith worship services have doubled in the decade since the 11 September attacks, according to
Thursday was the 45th anniversary of the first airing of Star Trek on NBC. Are you or have you ever been a Trekkie? Have you gotten a life, and if so, do you still like Star Trek? What is it about this series that we
Al Mohler has an interesting piece trying to define what is meant by “evangelical.” He goes back into history, though strangely he says nothing about the source of the word in Lutheranism. “Evangelical” used to be the name for “Lutheran,” in distinction to both Roman
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