Fellow 17th century literary scholar, former postmodernist theorist, law professor, cultural commentator, and unconventional defender of religion Stanley Fish has this to say on the recent Supreme Court ruling allowing that Cross in the Mojave desert, as well as similar rulings permitting religious images in
Twenty-nine people were killed in Mississippi, Kentucky, and Tennessee, as the Cumberland River overflowed its banks at a height of 12 feet. Nashville was particularly hard hit. Many country music sites, including the Grand Ole Opry (the new theater, but not the original Ryman)
The Times Square car bomber managed to board an aircraft on its way to the Arab Emirates–despite being on the no fly list–but authorities boarded the plane just before it took off and nabbed him. The American citizen born in Pakistan, Faisal Shahzad, admitted everything,
Coming home from Fort Wayne, after the baptism and the call service I was telling you about, we stopped for the night at a motel in Kent, Ohio. It turns out, that is the location of Kent State University, where 77 National Guardsmen fired on
A Connecticut man was being sought Monday in the failed plot to blow up a bomb-laden SUV in Times Square, sources said. This “person of interest” bought the 1993 Nissan Pathfinder that was abandoned with the engine running – and with primitive, but potentially deadly
Local food advocates are in a panic over Senate Bill S 510, which, they argue, devastate local food suppliers and put our whole food supply under the control of big chemical-using corporations like Monsanto. Here is but one section of the bill that passed the
Veteran conservative activist Richard Viguerie thinks the “Tea Party” movement may actually have a chance to roll back government to its constitutional limits, something even Ronald Reagan was unable to do. For it to do so, however, and avoid the fate of other transient political
Are we ready for a 51st state? Where would we put the additional star in the flag? The House on Thursday approved legislation that could set in motion changes in Puerto Rico’s 112-year relationship with the United States, including a transition to statehood or independence.
A T-shirt vendor spotted a smoking SUV and alerted some quick-acting cops, who, in turn, called in the Fire Department and the bomb squad. Thanks to them, a terrorist attack was thwarted Saturday in New York City’s busy Times Square: The T-shirt vendor – a
A Baptist research project finds that the “millennial generation” is “spiritual,” but not “religious.” Specifically, they are not very Christian: Most young adults today don’t pray, don’t worship and don’t read the Bible, a major survey by a Christian research firm shows. If the trends
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