George Will defends President Obama against those who criticize him for not being able to control what is happening in Egypt: In 1949, when communists came to power there [in China], America bestrode both hemispheres shattered from war. Americans thought that their nation was at
It’s a classic parental scenario: the kid gets the parents’ credit card and buys stuff with it. But today, the “stuff” exists only in virtual world. Parents are up in arms about kiddy game iPhone apps that cost them real money: Over the winter break
So far internet domain suffixes are .com, .org, .edu, and nationality abbreviations, like .de for Deutschland and .au for Australia. But very soon, they will multiply into a host of specific subject-specific domains: The pillar of the basic Web address – the trusty .com domain
There was a time when there were only four networks and the whole country came together to watch programs, like the last episode of MASH, in a vast communal experience. Now with cable, satellite, and scores of narrowcasting networks, that time is over. Except that
In Sunday’s sermon, Pastor Douthwaite made an important grammatical point. You know in Matthew 5 where Jesus says, “You are the salt of the earth” and “you are the light of the world”? The verb is an indicative: It’s not an imperative, a command. Jesus
A bombshell comes out of Wikileaks. The Obama administration turned over secrets about England’s nuclear arsenal to the Russians: Information about every Trident missile the US supplies to Britain will be given to Russia as part of an arms control deal signed by President Barack
By all accounts, the citizens of Green Bay, Wisconsin, celebrated the Packers’ Super Bowl victory by flooding out of their houses to embrace each other in jubilation. Also by honking their horns. And by flocking to Lambeau Field with snow shovels to dig out the
It wasn’t pretty, but it sure was exciting. The Packers won the Super Bowl, beating the Steelrs 31-25. That means Rich Shipe won our contest with an amazing prediction of 31-24. (Who could have guessed that the Steelers would go for two?) He has a
Russell D. Moore, dean of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, writes in the Wall Street Journal about nondenominationalism: Are we witnessing the death of America’s Christian denominations? Studies conducted by secular and Christian organizations indicate that we are. Fewer and fewer American Christians, especially Protestants, strongly
Yesterday would have been the 100th birthday of Ronald Reagan. In the articles commemorating the day, it is evident that even liberal scholars have come to appreciate the man and his presidency. The Washington Post published a feature on “Five Myths about Ronald Reagan” by
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