Joe Carter

This is the sharpest (and strangest) example I’ve ever seen of how to explain that nonsensical performance art is not really art at all: The segment that made the greatest impression was that about Marco Evaristti. This fellow had his fat liposuctioned, turned into meatballs, canned and then . . . . Continue Reading »

Ever been stuck in traffic behind a car displaying this annoying bumper sticker? If so, you’ll want to read Jake Hunt’s dissection of what it really means . (Via: The Corner ) . . . . Continue Reading »

The subject of torture is once again being widely addressed—at least in certain segments of the blogosphere. But while bloggers and other pundits have entered the fray, the Christian intellectual community has been relatively silent. In the Fall of 2006, Justin Taylor and I decided to host an . . . . Continue Reading »

At The Corner, Marc Thiessen responded to my contention that his defense of torture is more in line with the tradition of Zeus and Odin than of Moses and Christ. I’m not surprised that he would take offense at such a suggestion, but since he is a Catholic I presumed he would provide a . . . . Continue Reading »

Over the past few years we’ve seen controversies arise when ministers consider denying communion to unrepentant politicians. But there once was a time when pastors were so hardcore they were willing to refuse to give the sacrament to a contrite Founding Father . . . on his deathbed! Although . . . . Continue Reading »

Christopher Caldwell on how sentimental chronology skews our sense of time : Time may slow down from hour to hour, but from year to year it has a uniform tendency to accelerate. We can demonstrate this with a little game. We are now in the year 2010. Measure the number of years back to a certain . . . . Continue Reading »

No doubt the publication of a commentary on Genesis by our own R. R. Reno will be of interest to First Things readers. It’s the latest installment of the big Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible series that he also oversees as general editor. The series has already stirred things up in . . . . Continue Reading »

A person is not always a human being, but is a human being always a person? Examples abound of non-human persons: Christians believe that the Godhead consists of “three Persons of one substance”; U.S. judges have ruled that corporations are “artificial persons”; fans of Star . . . . Continue Reading »

Christianity Today recently added a regular feature called “Who’s Next” that highlights younger evangelicals who are pursuing interesting projects, and to introduce them and their goals to their readers. The first interview—now online—is by one of the sharpest young . . . . Continue Reading »

Sorry chimps, you’ve been bumped down the list of smartest animals: Dolphins have been declared the world’s second most intelligent creatures after humans, with scientists suggesting they are so bright that they should be treated as “non-human persons”. Studies into dolphin . . . . Continue Reading »