Radio evangelist Harold Camping has calculated that the Rapture (the ascension of all living Christians before Christ returns) will occur on May 21, 2011. What interests me is how that date was figured: By Camping's understanding, the Bible was dictated by God and every word
The Washington Times may be fading away, but here is a parting shot from columnist Jeffrey T. Kuhner: The past decade will be remembered as the pivotal tipping point where the United States ceased to be a superpower. Like the Roman Empire in its later
The TSA is working to put full body visual scanners that see through clothes in the world’s airports. But a British newspaper says what I had thought myself, that they will just see through low-density chemicals such as those used by the Underwear Bomber: Since
I went to see Avatar on New Year’s Day. It was just awful–ludicrously, unintentionally-comically awful. The story was insufferable, making a clumsy parallel with the War in Iraq, just as you commenters who saw it reported. James Cameron had the idea for this movie for
Really well, according to a study of Canadian home-schooled adults: Despite what many might believe, a vast majority of home-schooled children say they have plenty of opportunities for socialization with other children and, as adults, come to excel in all measured areas of adult life,
Airport security is finally narrowing down the passengers who will get special scrutiny. Passengers from 14 nations will all get pat-downs and luggage searches: “Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen are on the list as countries of interest. Cuba,
The fashion mavens at the Washington Post have put up their annual list of What’s in and What’s out for 2010. Understand that the list is highly tongue-in-cheek and meant to be humorous. Still, it suggests some signs of the times. True, we old people–defined
On Fox News Sunday, Brit Hume had a message for Tiger Woods: Whether he can recover as a person depends on "his faith. He's said to be a Buddhist. I don't think that faith offers the kind of forgiveness and redeption that is offered by
Charles Krauthammer says that President Obama and his administration are confused and inconsistent when it comes to dealing with terrorism: The reason the country is uneasy about the Obama administration's response to this attack is a distinct sense of not just incompetence but incomprehension. From
Don’t miss Mary Eberstadt’s article in First Things: How Pedophilia Lost Its Cool. She shows that in the 1970’s through the 1990’s sex with children was being presented by many in the cultural elite as not so bad–something to joke about–or even as something to
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