Here is an interestingreview of a new book by Wired editor Chris Anderson entitled Free: The Future of a Radical Price: It’s called “freemium.” That term, first popularized by venture capitalist Fred Wilson, describes a business model that combines free with premium and is based
Peter Hitchens is a Christian, but his brother Christopher is a militant atheist, author of the book God is Not Great. Peter recently posed a dilemma for Christian-bashers like his brother. From Christian Telegraph: A broadcaster and journalist has been telling London’s Premier Radio that
A New York Times website explores the relationship between big churches and big corporations: Successful megachurches reflect American corporate history and management theory. Their architecture and organization “are best compared to those of the modern white-collar workplace.” In an essay and slide show from Triple
The avant garde choreographer Merce Cunningham has died at the age of 90. He was for dance what John Cage, his collaborator was for music; that is, he eliminated virtually every traditional element of the art form. Cunningham had his dancers move with no reference
Here is a new word for you: iPS cells (induced pluriponent stem cells), which work just as well as stem cells taken from killed embryos, as Chinese scientists have proven: In papers published online Thursday by two scientific journals, separate teams of researchers from Beijing
Sunday School attendance has been dropping across virtually all denominations. This has attracted the attention of The Wall Street Journal. From a column by Charlotte Hays: The decline in Sunday schools appears to be gradual but steady. A study by the Barna Group indicated that
A pro-life nurse was coerced and manipulated into helping commit a late-term abortion against her conscience and is suing the hospital. Here is her story: A Brooklyn nurse claims she was forced to choose between her religious convictions and her job when Mount Sinai Hospital
We are spending more than ever on health care. But we are also getting better health care than ever. As has been said, we are spending more on other kinds of technology–entertainment systems, cell phones, computers–than we did a few decades ago, but few people
As with tODD and Bror, more Cranach readers and commenters crossed paths with each other and sent me a photograph to prove it. This was a meeting of the Wisconsin cell of the vast Cranach nation, the three running into each other at the Concordia
In a comparison of President Obama to President Lincoln and his adveraries, Jeffrey H. Anderson and Darren P. Guerra offer some illuminating analysis of the parallels between the two major moral, legal, and constitutional issues of the respective times: slavery and abortion: There are significant
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