Ezra Klein highlights some proposals going around Washington that are not controversial and that everyone of any political party should be able to get behind. Not me, when it comes to abolishing the penny! In 2007, economist Austan Goolsbee wrote an op-ed article in which
While we Americans tend to embrace our “exceptionalism,” people from other countries often see that as a bad thing. Britain’s prominent Christian author N. T. Wright excoriates America for our presumption in the bin Laden assassination: Popular author and New Testament scholar N.T. Wright has accused
Chaplains in the navy have been told that they may perform gay marriages in navy chapels, if they are legal in the particular state and if the chaplain is willing to do so: Anticipating the elimination of the military ban on homosexuality, the Office of
The street in Memphis where the blues were born is underwater, as are many of the towns and cities and farms along the Mississippi river: Waging war against flooding of historic proportions that has already affected thousands of people in eight Midwestern and Southern states,
In the midst of all of the talk about Redeemed Rambling’s critique of the appearance of this blog, the consensus that this blog has a good design really, the addition of Cranach’s seal with its many variations, the minor suggestions that people put forward, and
University Lutheran Chapel in Minneapolis is the LCMS campus ministry to the University of Minnesota. It has ministered effectively to generations of college students, quite a few of whom have gone on to seminary and the pastoral ministry due to its influence. My oldest daughter
How do you think this would go over? The Obama administration has floated a transportation authorization bill that would require the study and implementation of a plan to tax automobile drivers based on how many miles they drive. The plan is a part of the
Steeples and bell towers have gone out of fashion for church buildings, reports USA Today. What hurts is the reason: Nationwide, church steeples are taking a beating and the bell tolls for bell towers, too, as these landmarks of faith on the landscape are hard
We don’t get to see a photograph of Osama bin Laden’s body, but we did get to see a photograph of the President and his team watching the mission go down. It’s quite dramatic to see the expressions on everyone’s faces during this intense moment–the
In the midst of your fulsome praise of this blog and its design–in response to some silly words from Redeemed Rambling–you DID include a few suggestions. Thanks to Stewart Lundy of Bulldog Media (click the dog in the sidebar for all of your website needs),
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