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Michael Barone examines the latest data on abortion rates and finds an interesting pattern : Roe v. Wade imposed the same legal abortion regime on the entire nation and made abortion a national political issue. Yet Americans in different regions and states have in effect established very different . . . . Continue Reading »

At Front Porch Republic (one of my favorite blogs), Orthodox convert Jason Peters took some swipes at “a place called ‘Bible Harvest Chapel,’ which is a kind of movie theater retrofitted to a former big box electronics store.” Peters wasn’t too impressed by the . . . . Continue Reading »

In a comment to Matt’s post, Michael Spencer says:I don’t believe I, or any other post-evangelical, is saving or perpetuating evangelicalism. I’d gladly go out any number of doors were those doors available to me.Post evangelicals like Patrol and myself are endeavoring to help . . . . Continue Reading »

Vaclev Klaus, president of the Czech Republic, thinks global warming is a “myth and that every serious scientist and person says so.” But you don’t have to agree his view on that to appreciate his understanding of how politicians use long-term issue for short-term political gain. . . . . Continue Reading »

Among people who know nothing about religion and don’t care much about factual information (an unfortunately large demographic), Karen Armstrong has become something of a sensation. But for those who think that claims about religion, ethics, or history should have some grounding in reality, . . . . Continue Reading »

You have to give the Chinese credit for chutzpah : Not only did they come up a jaw-dropingly bold historical-political metaphor, they had the audacity to direct it to President Obama: The Chinese government had a special message for President Obama on Thursday: He is black, he admires Abraham . . . . Continue Reading »

At the age of sixty-three, Surjit Hans began a bold project: Translating all of Shakespeare’s works into Punjabi. After sixteen years, the former head of a university history department in India, has nearly completed the task. But rather than gaining a deeper appreciation for the Bard, Hans . . . . Continue Reading »

That movie was totally overrated. Now if you want to see a really worthwhile flick you should see . . . ” Because self-serious film buffs (like me) say this type of thing all the time, I thought it would be a worthwhile exercise to actually list 50 of the most overrated and 50 of the most . . . . Continue Reading »

A few weeks ago I wrote about the absurd precautions some churches are taking to avoid swine flue infection. Not surprisingly, a clever Italian inventor has found a way to capitalize on these fears: Many churches had suspended the tradition of keeping holy water in open fonts into which people . . . . Continue Reading »

In Foreign Policy , Gustavo de las Casas makes an intriguingly counter-intuitive argument for why al Qaeda should not be destroyed —at least not completely: The world would be wise to keep al Qaeda alive, paradoxically enough, for security reasons. Like it or not, keeping a battered al Qaeda . . . . Continue Reading »