My brother and I recently had a conversation about God & religion in which he told me he believes he is a theist. But he thinks it is a huge leap from theism to belief in the God of the bible, or any religion for that matter. He seems to find it all unnecessary, but he is open to being convinced. Can you recommend any books that tackle this subject? Peter Kreeft’s Fundamentals of the Faith and my own Making... Read more

My brother and I recently had a conversation about God & religion in which he told me he believes he is a theist. But he thinks it is a huge leap from theism to belief in the God of the bible, or any religion for that matter. He seems to find it all unnecessary, but he is open to being convinced. Can you recommend any books that tackle this subject? Peter Kreeft’s Fundamentals of the Faith and my own Making... Read more

Periodically, somebody will clutter up my email box with some jingo nativist crap about how all those awful Mexicans are destroying our purity of essence. Often there will be stupid gifs of weeping American Eagles or bogus statistics about the big drain on the economy (with no mention whatsoever about the huge dependency our economy has on their back-breaking work). Often there will be some delusional notion of mass deportation of the 11 million people who are now so integrated... Read more

An organization that confirms me in all my non-joiner impulses. I feel so bad for all those good people who invested so much in it. Read more

Reader Eric Sammons has the key. Read more

Reader Eric Sammons has the key. Read more

The latest StrongBad email, just in time for the weekend! See you Monday! Read more

The latest StrongBad email, just in time for the weekend! See you Monday! Read more

Dear Friends: Thank you to everyone who has endorsed the statement “U.S.-sponsored Torture:A Call for a Commission of Inquiry” and to those who are collecting endorsements from others. NRCAT is calling for a Commission of Inquiry (COI) so that our nation can learn the complete facts about U.S.-sponsored torture since 9/11 and thereby build a national consensus to assure that our country will never use torture again. Getting a Commission of Inquiry is proving to be a challenging task. Many... Read more

Dear Friends: Thank you to everyone who has endorsed the statement “U.S.-sponsored Torture:A Call for a Commission of Inquiry” and to those who are collecting endorsements from others. NRCAT is calling for a Commission of Inquiry (COI) so that our nation can learn the complete facts about U.S.-sponsored torture since 9/11 and thereby build a national consensus to assure that our country will never use torture again. Getting a Commission of Inquiry is proving to be a challenging task. Many... Read more