Joe Carter

This month marks seven years since I left the Marine Corps. Although I love being a Marine I can honestly say that I don’t miss active duty. In fifteen years of service I sat on the sidelines during three separate wars, and like most Marines, being away from the action drove me insane. . . . . Continue Reading »

Poet Luke Johnson says being a poet is a real job . Well, sorta: There’s precious little recompense in the life of a poet. It almost doesn’t make sense to call it a “career’”—because careers are generally synonymous with opportunities for advancement, benefits, and a . . . . Continue Reading »

While I’m an ESV man, myself, it appears that most Bible readers in the U.S. prefer the King James Version : Of the 89% of U.S. adults who own at least one Bible, 67% own a King James, which marks its 400th anniversary this year, according to LifeWay Research, a Nashville-based Christian . . . . Continue Reading »

Tim Kelleher, an actor, director, writer, and New Media Editor for First Things , will be appearing on EWTN’s ” The World Over ” tonight (8pm ET and 5pm PT) to talk about our new video project he produced. The Creed: What Christians Profess, and Why It Ought to Matter is a . . . . Continue Reading »

LZ Granderson has a shockingly good opinion piece at CNN : I saw someone at the airport the other day who really caught my eye. Her beautiful, long blond hair was braided back a la Bo Derek in the movie “10” (or for the younger set, Christina Aguilera during her “Xtina” . . . . Continue Reading »

Carl Trueman’s post praising the cynicism of church historians has so many quotable parts that it’s hard to choose just one. While you’ll want to read the whole thing, here is a good bit to chew on: Any intellectual historian of any merit will tell you that the last 1,000 years in . . . . Continue Reading »

A typical “Benedictine” day: The Pope’s day begins at 7 a.m. with Mass; one hour later breakfast is served. At 9 a.m. the Pope goes into his private study, the one where he recites the Angelus prayer every Sunday, speaking from the window overlooking St. Peter’s Square. He . . . . Continue Reading »

Sign of the Times of the Day: In California public schools, students are required to learn about black history and women’s history. And if a bill approved by the State Senate this week becomes law, the state will become the first in the country to mandate that schools also teach gay history. . . . . Continue Reading »

English is now the language of science, diplomacy, business, and the Internet. Thank you, William Shakespeare: So what accounts for the global dominance of the English language? The political and economic supremacy of England and the United States is just the beginning of the explanation. For it . . . . Continue Reading »

Forty years ago, biologist E.O. Wilson helped to champion kin selection theory, the idea that an organism trying to pass its genes down to future generations can do so indirectly, by helping a relative to survive and procreate. Now he’s changed his mind. “Kin selection is wrong,” . . . . Continue Reading »