Want Iconic BBQ?

by Sally Thomas

One word. Corky’s.[Biased Memphis Rating: . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Jun 2009 0

SHS Funnies

by Wesley J. Smith

We knew it would come to . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Jun 2009 0

For the June Bride

by Sally Thomas

So, you’re getting married, and you want, in the words of AdvantageBridal.com, to “celebrate your Christianity along with your wedding day.” Some people get married in cowboy boots, and some people have dogs in their wedding parties, and some people get married skydiving; you want . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Jun 2009 0

“How Many Words Does You Know?”

by Ryan Sayre Patrico

That, of course, is the ludicrous question Ali G once posed to Noam Chomsky, and it’s ludicrous precisely because it’s impossible to answer. Equally ludicrous, then, is Paul J.J. Payack’s untestable assertion that, just yesterday at 5:22 AM, English got its millionth word — . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Jun 2009 0

Demand, Reward — Profit

by James Poulos

I’ve said elsewhere that our vision of politics is being corrupted by a well-meaning but misguided epistemology of compassion: increasingly, we consider the person or group demanding a right to be the most trustworthy source of information about whether they deserve it. Anyone aggrieved, we . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Jun 2009 0

Heaven: The Lost Weekend that Lasts Forever

by Joe Carter

Over on Postmodern Conservative, Helen Rittelmeyer provides a reply to my criticisms of her proposal for a bioethics of love. In her original essay I was in agreement (mostly) with her basic premise—love should be the foundational principle of bioethics—but disagreed with her conclusion. . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Jun 2009 0

Suicide as “a Gift”

by Wesley J. Smith

The media push suicide as an acceptable answer to human difficulty. The latest example is a column by St. Louis Post Dispatch columnist Bill McClellan, who extols the suicide of an elderly man as a “gift” because of the discussion about mortality it inspired.  Think of the message . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Jun 2009 0

Suicide as a “Gift”

by Wesley J. Smith

The media are suicide promoters—in the way some journalists report stories about assisted suicide, and especially among the punditry, so many of whom extol suicide in their columns.Case in point, St. Louis Post Dispatch columnist Bill McClellan, who extols an elderly man’s suicide . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Jun 2009 0

Are We All Baptists Now?

by Joe Carter

That’s the question blogger Camassia asks in an intriguing post about why the Baptist-style ecclesiology and voluntarism came to be a dominant form of religion in America: When the Baptists came into being in England in the early 1600s, there were several church-state models around Europe: . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Jun 2009 0

Now PETA Thinks Dead Fish Have Rights

by Wesley J. Smith

For the latest PETA antic, check out the most recent entry at A Rat Is A Pig Is A Dog Is A Boy, my blog on animal . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Jun 2009 0