Joe Carter

As Jim Croce once sang, “You don’t tug on Superman’s cape, You don’t spit into the wind, You don’t pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger, and you don’t match wits with David B. Hart.” (At least I think those are the lyrics, its been awhile since I heard the . . . . Continue Reading »

Tom Elrod finds a recurring theme in the animated films of Pixar: There is something conservative about much of Pixar’s output, but when I say conservative, I mean a small “c” conservative that sees the world along the same lines as Edmund Burke: “A disposition to . . . . Continue Reading »

Have you been wanting to try heroin but weren’t sure how to shoot up properly? Well, if you live in New York City, you’re in luck! Apparently the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene had an extra $32,000 laying around and thought the best use of the money would be to print 70,000 . . . . Continue Reading »

A new study finds that young children spanked by their parents may grow up to be happier and more successful than those who have never been swatted: According to the research, children spanked up to the age of 6 were likely as teenagers to perform better at school and were more likely to carry out . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m not sure what the Danish word is for this type of thing , but where I’m from its called “cowardice”: An axe-wielding Somali extremist broke into the home of Kurt Westergaard on Friday night as the 75-year-old cartoonist was looking after Stephanie, his five-year-old . . . . Continue Reading »

Kudos to Brit Hume for encouraging Tiger Woods to “turn to the Christian faith.” Hume will likely get a lot of flak for saying that Buddhism doesn’t offer the kind of forgiveness and redemption Tiger needs. But he should be praised for having the courage to speak out. As Sarah . . . . Continue Reading »

Another historical first for the Obama administration: President Obama Names Transgender Appointee to Commerce Department . (For those not up on the identity-based lingo, GLBT is an initialism referring collectively to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people.) . . . . Continue Reading »

To do evil a human being must first of all believe that what he’s doing is good . . . Ideology—that is what gives evildoing its long-sought justification and gives the evildoer the necessary steadfastness and determination. That is the social theory which helps to make his acts seem good . . . . Continue Reading »

Craig Carter (no relation) teaches theology and ethics at an evangelical college in Canada. In a recent class on marriage he had his students read Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body by John Paul II. He relates the effect it had on his students : They were mostly surprised to be . . . . Continue Reading »

At the beginning of 2009, I compiled a list that included 1,034 predictions for the coming year. I later went through and narrowed it down to the top 500 that I was absolutely certain would happen. Even after cutting the list down, though, I only managed to achieve a 67% accuracy rate. . . . . Continue Reading »