Joe Carter

Although I saw Iron Man 2 this past weekend, I had completely missed the significance of a line spoken by the villain, Russian super-genius Ivan Vanko, until Eve Tushnet pointed it out. Vanko says that it’s not necessary to kill Tony Stark (aka Iron Man) to make him ineffectual: If you . . . . Continue Reading »

Sometimes its hard to not to despair for the lack of intellectual sophistication in our culture. Rather than making progress, it seems that we too often slide back into acceptance of scholarly fads that had previously been discarded for being inane. Consider, for example, the return of of scientism . . . . Continue Reading »

In Christianity Today , Mollie Ziegler Hemingway discusses the fact that many of those who want marriage equality do not want fidelity : Same-sex marriage advocates frequently ask, “How would gay marriage affect your marriage?” The question is posed rhetorically, as if marriage is a . . . . Continue Reading »

In the latest issue of First Things , Mary Eberstadt examines the gluttony of pornographic consumption in America: As the impressively depressing cover story “America the Obese” in the May issue of The Atlantic serves to remind us all, the weight-gain epidemic in the United States and the . . . . Continue Reading »

What do you do if you’re a third-rate beauty pageant desperate for attention? If you’re the Donald Trump owned Miss USA contest you stick with a winning formula: ask beautiful woman culture war questions : Rima Fakih (Miss Michigan), a Lebanese immigrant who told pageant organizers her . . . . Continue Reading »

“Sunday’s Coming” Movie Trailer from North Point Media on Vimeo . . . . . Continue Reading »

[Note: While I had intended to avoid writing any more about atheism for a long, long time, I thought I’d add just a couple of more posts on the topic. It tends to be a bit slow around here on the weekend so I thought it couldn’t hurt to extend the conversation for one more day.] You . . . . Continue Reading »

[Note: While I had intended to avoid writing any more about atheism for a long, long time, I thought I’d add just a couple of more posts on the topic. It tends to be a bit slow around here on the weekend so I thought it couldn’t hurt to extend the conversation for one more day.] My . . . . Continue Reading »

Israel National News, a web-based Israeli news service, recently interviewed FT Senior Editor David Goldman : If senior journalist David Goldman is right, the correct word for describing the way a growing number of US Jews feel about President Barack Obama is not ‘anger’ but . . . . Continue Reading »

Can you guess which magazine is the most widely circulated in the world? I’ll give you two hints: (1) It’s a religious publication, and (2) it’s (sadly) not First Things . Figured it out? It’s . . . . . . The Watchtower Frank takes six copies of the English-language . . . . Continue Reading »