[Note: Every Friday on First Thoughts we host a discussion about some aspect of pop culture. Today’s theme is father in television and movies. Have a suggestion for a topic? Send them to me at jcarter@firstthings.com.] Father’s Day was last Sunday, but it’s never too late to . . . . Continue Reading »
Awww. Dr, Stuart—Big Heart—Weisberg, who wants to open up an assisted suicide clinic in which one can off themselves to the strains of beautiful music with Weisberg and his therapy dog at their sides for $5000, has had his license to practice suspended. From the story:A . . . . Continue Reading »
He’s offering this measured proposal to an evolving human race: Eradicate Fundamentalism In All Its . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve been away at a writers conference teaching a class on writing apologetics like C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton, and Dorothy Sayers, and the other Christian rock stars of the last century. Some students have asked for recommendations, and I have many, but readers of “First . . . . Continue Reading »
Tomorrow in “On the Square,” our web editor Joe Carter will reflect on the nature of fatherhood. It is a startling and provocative essay. . . . . Continue Reading »
Several years ago the Washington Post stirred up controversy for describing evangelicals as “poor, undereducated and easily led.” It’s not that they didn’t believe it to be true, they just knew they shouldn’t have got caught saying it in public. I suspect Nicole . . . . Continue Reading »
Several years ago the Washington Post stirred up controversy for describing evangelicals as “poor, undereducated and easily led.” It’s not that they didn’t believe it to be true, they just knew they shouldn’t have got caught saying it in public.I suspect Nicole . . . . Continue Reading »
The news agency Rome Reports has compiled a short video highlighting “ The worst-dressed priests in the world .” The images (amusing and appalling all) are from a blog called Bad Vestments (motto: Because Christian Worship Is Not Supposed to Be About You). The first-ever Bad Vestments . . . . Continue Reading »
Nobody should be surprised. An Oregon psychiatrist is opening a suicide clinic called “Dignity House,” at which—for a fee—people can commit assisted suicide under Oregon’s law. Services include flowers ($400), music ($400), photography (!) ($400), and for $1200, Dr. Big . . . . Continue Reading »
All Sorts is a clever website that provides a “collection of collective nouns that may or may not have found their way into the Oxford English Dictionary. If you think that a charismatic collective is far superior to a dullard ‘bunch’ or ‘flock’ then this is the place for . . . . Continue Reading »
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