Use a serial comma when it clarifies the meaning of the sentence. And don't use one when it messes up the meaning of the sentence. Or when singing "Scarborough Fair." Plus, what's wrong with Moriarty, and Sarah goes to the Doctor. Read more
Use a serial comma when it clarifies the meaning of the sentence. And don't use one when it messes up the meaning of the sentence. Or when singing "Scarborough Fair." Plus, what's wrong with Moriarty, and Sarah goes to the Doctor. Read more
A bit of Ruthie Foster and some Wednesday morning links, including: invisible cultural biases and invisible people; the right side of history; the five stages of "conservative climate change grief;" on the eighth day, god made white farmers; and a dark, bitter -- but delicious -- future for journalism. Read more
Why would these banks want or need such a law? Only one reason: They know they've built a house of cards and they hope against hope that the government will save their butts by somehow keeping the whole thing from toppling. Read more
"We support biblical families," Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy says of his fast-food corporation. So let's take a look at some of those biblical families. Today's entry: Rebellious children. Read more
First the good news: Virginia Republicans have backed away from plans to end one-person, one-vote elections in the state. The bad news, of course, is that Virginia Republicans introduced and seriously considered a proposal to end one-person, one-vote elections in the state. Read more
This isn't just a problem for professional scholars and academics. It affects thousands of evangelicals with undergraduate degrees from mainstream evangelical institutions like Wheaton, Calvin and Gordon. It affects every seminary educated evangelical pastor. Read more
The obvious connection between these two stories is that they're both about Arkansas state Sen. Jason Rapert. But how else are these stories connected or related to one another? Are they contradictions? Or are they complements? Read more
"We support biblical families," Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy says of his fast-food corporation. So let's take a look at some of those biblical families. Today's entry: Heavenly marriage. Read more
How does someone like John Piper say such clownish things and yet become so influential in so many evangelical churches? Apparently those churches abide by Piper's rules and chase after leaders "irrespective of competency." Read more
You can study legitimate biblical scholars and learn from them that Ken Ham is full of crap and that his "Answers in Genesis" are based on recent, illiterate misreadings of the Bible. Or you can go to Utah and stand in the shade of trees that prove it. Read more
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