"God, we welcome and invite you into this place, your house. We thank you for the spirit that dwells here. The spirit of Denmark Vesey. The spirit of R.H. Cain. The spirit of Dr. King. The spirit of many of the unsung heroes of our people. But we also thank you, God, for all persons who come seeking to expand their horizons and seeking to learn more about what our country is made of and what makes us who we are as a people and as a country." Read more
David Brooks isn't upset that Kids These Days think they're more important than everyone else. What upsets him is that Kids These Days think they're just as valuable as everyone else -- including him. Brooks, in other words, is angry that these spoiled, entitled Kids These Days lack the proper humility that would require them to acknowledge that he is more valuable than they are. Read more
Philae, gnosticism, the words Verizon hates to hear, the growing precariat, the charitable foundation protection racket, a clash over fundamentalist meteorology and Ry Cooder plays Jerry Jenkins' favorite Gospel song. Read more
The second problem for so-called biblical inerrantists here is larger and deeper and more essential -- cutting to the heart of why "biblical inerrancy" is a fundamentally distorted and distorting approach to reading and understanding. The larger problem is not simply that the two stories in 1 Samuel contradict each other, but that the text's attempt to merge them together is so transparent and seems, frankly, so poorly done. Read more
Alan King, Tyrian Lannister, Cal Thomas, Willow Rosenberg, Franklin Graham, the Doctor, Jane Austen, Stanley Spector, Eric Burdon and non-religious Jesus. Among other things. Read more
"Then there was another battle with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, killed Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam." Read more
Back in 1993, scientists hadn't yet learned what they know today about feathered dinosaurs. So the filmmakers of "Jurassic World" had a choice. They could incorporate this new information and change the look of the dinosaurs from that of the first film, or they could opt for continuity in the sequel even though that means sticking with the misrepresentation of the velociraptors from the original "Jurassic Park." They're not the only storytellers struggling with this new scientific information. Read more
The Duggar scandal has reinforced support for Mike Huckabee among his chosen niche of white Southern Christian voters. He's spun Josh Duggar's creepy criminality into the self-aggrandizing narrative of "Christian persecution" by the nasty liberal media conspiracy. Huckabee's defiant defense of a confessed child molester thus becomes evidence of his Christian virtue. Now we'll see if Mike Huckabee can perform this same trick a second time. Read more
By fortuitous coincidence, Buck had already learned a great deal about the Antichrist. It turns out that in his interview with Rosenzweig, the doctor had gone off on a tangent about one of his hobbies. When he's not busy inventing miracle formulas that make the deserts bloom, Rosenzweig apparently likes to study "the lower house of Romanian government." Who doesn't? Read more
Scary stories, including: An 18th-century Monster Manual; monstrous advice for a grieving mother; brainstorming the next Big Menace fundraising topic; and a trailer for the new Alexander Amenabar film, which either exploits or explores the Satanic Panic. Read more
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