UK University Offers Masters In The Beatles: Liverpool Hope University said Tuesday that its new master’s program, “The Beatles, Popular Music and Society,” would give students the opportunity to analyze music and culture through the band’s work. “There have been over 8,000 books about the
Some Catholic officials are discussing what to do if the new regime passes the Freedom of Choice Act, which would define abortion as a federally-enforceable right and throw out all legal restrictions against the butchery. The options: close or commit civil disobedience: A proposed bill
Luther’s SMALL CATECHISM also includes prayers for mealtime: PRAYER BEFORE EATING The eyes of all wait upon You, O Lord, and You give them their food in due season; You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing. Lord God, heavenly
A new study of religion in America has found that over the last two decades, the percentage of Christians is dropping, fewer Christians identify with any denomination, and the one religious category that is growing is “no religion.” Excerpts from the story in the Washington
. . .call the cops. It’s a work by our own Lucas Cranach that was stolen from a church in Norway a few days ago. It’s worth$ 2.1-2.8 million. Here are the details. The painting is called “Suffer the Little Children to Come to Me.”
President Obama went further than anyone thought in lifting the restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Not only did he allow funding for research using existing stem cell lines made from embryos and making new stem cell lines from embryos set to
Intense Debate characterizes this blog, so Stewart has installed a plug in of that name that will facilitate our discussions. You will now be able to click “reply” to a particular comment, whereupon the discussions on that particular point will all be together, indented under
Despite the scientific breakthroughs that yield stem cells without killing human embryos, President Obama is set to issue an order reversing current policy so that tax money can be used for embryonic stem cell research: President Obama is planning to sign an executive order Monday
So the Democrats are saying Rush Limbaugh is the leader of the Republican party, which the leader of the Republican party denies, but after he dissed Rush, the party’s followers went into such an uproar that he had to apologize. Thus, Democrats have the Republicans
A number of my students have been eagerly anticipating last weekend’s opening of The Watchmen . After all, the movie is based on what has been called the greatest comic book of all time. It even made the list of the 20th century’s top 100
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