I have the joy and privilege of serving as the chief academic officer at Union University, which is a Baptist institution. Some time ago I was at a gathering of academic leaders from at least nominally Christian colleges and we had an interesting conversation about statements of faith for faculty . . . . Continue Reading »
The Secondhand Smoke secret cameras recorded a recent conversation between a bioethicist and a doctor about how “thinking bioethically” means it is okay to kill babies. Check it out here . . . . . Continue Reading »
“Pope Benedict XVI today assured top leaders of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) that he would continue to raise his voice against anti-Semitism and attempts to isolate the state of Israel,” reports a press release from the ADL sent by William Doino, author of a recent . . . . Continue Reading »
The Secondhand Smoke secret cameras recorded a recent conversation between a bioethicist and a doctor about how “thinking bioethically” means it is okay to kill . . . . Continue Reading »
Consider the polar bear.Really it is quite impossible not to do so, since environmental evangelism is all about us. That this is so is one of the best things about contemporary culture. As a Tolkien-nerd, I have always favored the Ents over Saruman.Traditionalists and liberals may disagree about how . . . . Continue Reading »
1. The Gettysburg Address Animated (Via: Open Culture ) °°°°°° 2. Worldometer - World statistics updated in real time °°°°°° 3. Disunion is a new NY Times blog that will be covering the events of the Civil War in “real-time” as it happened . . . . Continue Reading »
President Obama told 60 Minutes his policies weren’t rejected by the American people on Tuesday. It was just poor communication. From the story:After suffering a “shellacking” in the midterm elections, President Obama acknowledges what many have seen as his chief weakness – . . . . Continue Reading »
A new study is out that seems to show that medical care for older Americans—of increasing interest to me!—is better than for oldsters in the UK. From the story in Science Daily:Researchers found that while Americans aged 55 to 64 have higher rates of chronic diseases than their . . . . Continue Reading »
A selection of eastern saints recognized in both the Catholic and Orthodox calendars, though they lived after the Great Schism of 1054. Nearly half of Americans don’t think Daylight Savings Time worth the hassle . 11% think they should turn their clocks forward on Sunday. The greatest number . . . . Continue Reading »
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