At the Washington Post ‘s On Faith section, Mark Judge argues in “Lady Gaga is no Madonna” that his fellow conservatives don’t understand pop music . He starts out making a defensible case before attemping a bizarre contrarian interpretation of pop-star Madonna’s . . . . Continue Reading »
“The scientists” are on the warpath because global warming hysteria has been questioned and due to the substantial loss of credibility in global warming science itself in recent months. (The two things are not synonyms.) But that is no excuse to further undermine the . . . . Continue Reading »
It seems a covert operative of the PC police, or perhaps just a mischievous photoshopper, has infiltrated London’s Britain at War Museum, unceremoniously airbrushing Winston Churchill’s cigar from one of his most famous wartime candids on display there, to the chagrin of the museum’s . . . . Continue Reading »
According to the Assyrian International News Agency , quoted in a Pajamas Media story Unprecedented: Egyptian Government Suppresses Christian Doctrine by Raymond Ibrahim: The head of the Coptic Church in Egypt has rejected a court ruling that orders the church to allow divorced Copts to . . . . Continue Reading »
Ozzy Osbourne’s genome is being mapped by scientists to find out how he survived decades of substance abuse. Forget the substance abuse, I want my genome mapped so that I can figure out how I survived Ozzy’s music during the dolorous 1970s. . . . . Continue Reading »
Our web editor Joe Carter has suggested in today’s “On the Square” that there are some problems with the hugely popular painter Thomas Kinkade’s painting. He writes, in Thomas Kinkade’s Cottage Fantasy , that the painting is sentimental, which will not surprise you, but . . . . Continue Reading »
Three useful articles on sexual matters: First, Lesbians are the Best Parents Ever!! NOT! , by the economist Jennifer Roback Morse, gives “8 reasons why the latest study doesn’t prove anything.” As she summarizes her argument in the Ruth Institute’ s e-mail: the study that . . . . Continue Reading »
There are more slaves today than were seized from Africa in four centuries of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Human trafficking is occurring in every nation on earth— including the U.S. : The 373-page “Trafficking in Persons Report 2010” says some 12.3 million adults and children . . . . Continue Reading »
As if their motives needed further corroboration, some of the media’s most influential reporters continue to prove that their pouty jockeying with the Church is little more than a game. After demanding a personal apology from Pope Benedict, the press seemed to be holding its collective breath, . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s an instructive passage from one of my favorite contemporary Christian writers.From Lauren F. Winner, Real Sex: The Naked Truth About ChastityChristian tradition has historically articulated a threefold purpose for sex: sex is meant to be unitive, procreative, and sacramental. That . . . . Continue Reading »
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