The L.A. Times did an interesting interview with comic book writer Grant Morrison. He points out the class distinction between the superheroes: GM: Superman is very bright and optimistic. It’s all the simple things. He’s of the day and of the sunlight, and Batman is
While the rest of the world is in the economic doldrums, Germany’s economy is growing at a rate of 9%, the best it has done since unification. What is its secret? Germany has sparred with its European partners over how to respond to the financial
If you hear this rumor, you might welcome it, but it was planted to destablize the Afghan regime: A new web trolling campaign to spread the rumor that Afghan President Hamid Karzai has converted to Christianity was sweeping the internet on Thursday, calling on people
My first reponse: Good. The typical youth group has degenerated into lame touchy-feely, content-free, condescending, feel-good “activities.” It is an encouraging sign when teenagers stop going to those. Of course, the issue is bigger and more serious. Teenagers are dropping out of church. It may
I have more to tell you about my trip to France and Germany this summer. (I lectured at John Warwick Montgomery’s International Academy of Apologetics, Evangelism, and Human Rights, then stayed over to visit friends in Germany.) Today I will report on French food. I
I guess this is an admission that liberal churches have quit being Christian too: The United Church of Christ is trying to get Anne Rice to join its flock after the Interview with the Vampire author announced her highly-publicized decision to “quit being Christian” this
Did you know that Mollie Hemingway, the confessional Lutheran journalist, has a column in Christianity Today? Here are some links, going back awhile: Throwing Inkwells: Mollie Ziegler Hemingway | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction. I’m glad she has that forum. Other Christians
Food writer Jane Black tries to make her own ketchup and concludes that this may be one of the few cases in which homemade falls short of the industrial brand. That is because Heinz Ketchup is the Platonic ideal (my word, not hers): Ketchup, apparently,
Christianity may be declining in the West and Islam is surging, but in the world as a whole, it’s a different story. So says Ryan Mauro: It’s true that Islam (as well as atheism and universalism) is growing in the West, mostly because of high
Empirical research is finding evidence that old people are not only wiser than younger people (a traditional belief) but also that they are happier too (which may seem counterintuitive): Contrary to largely gloomy cultural perceptions, growing old brings some benefits, notably emotional and cognitive stability.
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