An exceedingly odd tidbit from The Washington Post’s political columnist Perry Bacon: Democrats should not talk about “the environment,” “the unemployed” or “the uninsured.” Instead, they should replace those phrases with ones that have more appeal to voters, such as “the air we breathe and
Talk about “what’s in a name,” as in the post below. Consider naming your boy “Rand.” That is what small-government congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul did. It seems exceedingly odd for a Christian to name his kid after the militantly atheistic virtue-of-selfishness philosopher Ayn
Many of you have followed, with me, the labyrinthine ways of “Lost.” Now, the television puzzler is approaching its finale. What do you think the final explanation will be? HT: Larry Wilson
Is it any wonder that Christians are losing their credibility? Indiana congressman Mark Souder’s resignation, announced Tuesday, came after anonymous tipsters called his aides and his opponents in a Republican primary to say he was having an extramarital affair with a part-time staffer, according to
You have probably heard by now of the latest survey of baby names, finding that the most popular names of last year were Jacob and Isabella. But this article by Laura Wattenberg goes deeper, surveying the history of naming customs and noting, among other things,
I hadn’t realized that science, despite all of the claims that it has all the answers, remains stuck at a very basic conundrum: Physicists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory are reporting that they have discovered a new clue that could help unravel one of
Thirty people died in the Cumberland River flood that inundated Nashville and other places in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi. But, as we have complained on this blog, it barely made the news. This, despite our three 24-hour cable news networks that one would think have
A sobering piece by Mark Steyn: What with the Fort Hood mass murderer, the Christmas Pantybomber, and now the Times Square bomber, you may have noticed a little uptick in attempted terrorist attacks on the U.S. mainland in the last few months. Rep. Lamar Smith
We’ve been discussing the Christological dimensions of the Ascension, including the Lutheran view that not only Christ’s divine nature was taken into the Godhead, but that also His human nature–body and all–is now part of the Trinity, sharing in the divine attributes such as omnipresence.
Deborah Markus gives 25 comebacks to people who question the decision to homeschool. Here is one: Please stop questioning my competency and demanding to see my credentials. I didn’t have to complete a course in catering to successfully cook dinner for my family; I don’t
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