Leftover links from the week that was, including: the squeaky frog that freaks out dogs; David Barton and Louis L'Amour; the immorality of reclining seats; a sea monster in Jersey; "Gay Teen Worried He Might Be Christian" (from The Onion); Pro-lifers for disease (not from The Onion); a "prosperity gospel" preacher in foreclosure; and a couple of carnivals. Read more
That burden, that discomfiting sense that religion and goodness are at odds, is something I've seen dozens of Christians wrestling with when it comes to the simple justice of marriage equality. Their instinct, their conscience, their sense of fairness and rightness all compel them to support equality, but religion stands in the way. Religion says there's a rule, a text, a verse, a passage, some words on a page somewhere -- and that those words trump your conscience, your sense of fairness, your desire to be kind, and just, and loving to your neighbors. Read more
Here are the posts from February that got the most attention here, in case you missed them (which you probably didn't, what with these being the top posts and all). Read more
This vast new pool of oil isn't necessary in the world of this story. For Nicolae Carpathia, energy scarcity is no longer a problem. Time scarcity has replaced it. If the world has 30 years' worth of oil left, but only five years' worth of years left, then for all intents and purposes, the world now has an infinite supply of oil. Read more
The internal memo from former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason seems timely, considering that today marks the first full day of another prominent CEO's resignation. That other chief executive is no longer on Twitter, but if he wants to send out one final email to his employees, he might use Mason's final message as a template, coming up with something like this. ... Read more
It's the Friday music game -- I'll show you mine, you show me yours. This week, songs with names in the title -- names beginning with the letter 'A.' (Can you guess what next week's list will be?) Read more
I want to write today about an immensely important topic, the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the vital, inviolable rights it guarantees. These rights are not mere perks or privileges, but necessary, essential rights for all the people in any free society, any nation in which the rule of law means more than … Wait, hold on a sec. What? They found ricin in Las Vegas!!! Screw the Fourth Amendment ... Read more
"Legendary pianist Van Cliburn, the only solo musician of any genre to receive a ticker-tape parade in New York City and the first classical musician to sell a million albums, died Wednesday morning in his Fort Worth, Texas, home. The 78-year-old Texan soared to world fame in 1958 when he won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War." Read more
What makes this extraordinary is partly the substance of this conversation, but more than that it's the location of this conversation. This is taking place within the evangelical Christian world -- a part of the church where feminism is often presumed to be a threat, an enemy, or at best a dangerously "controversial" idea. And it's there -- within that subculture -- that this Feminisms Fest conversation is taking place. Read more
Norah Jones covers Johnny Cash, plus some Thursday morning links, including: Thomas Merton; Dorothy Day; decriminalizing blasphemy; the holy extinguished; grace and bacon; Poor Louis's Almanack; what the polling data says about your relationship; the Evil Empire; and an aviation study that breaks new wind. Read more
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