1. Dysfunctional Disney Social worker and blogger Jae Ran Kim applied a “social worker’s perspective to the wholesome characters in popular Disney movies” and asked, “How many of these beloved characters live in a married, two-parent (hetero) household?” • Aladdin . . . . Continue Reading »
The future is bright.Why?Jesus is Lord.The American Christian future is bright.Why?The American foes of the Faithful are part of a fading generation and a youthful global population is turning to Christianity. Global Christianity will save the fading West, because of their Christian charity. . . . . Continue Reading »
I have the highest regard for Washington Post columnist and former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson. I look forward to his columns and regard him as the best speechwriter of his generation and worthy of mention in the same sentence with Peggy Noonan and William Safire. I thought well of . . . . Continue Reading »
Wilfred McClay (a member of First Things editorial board) examines the “remarkably common trope of presidents — especially presidents on the left” that whatever cause they want to pursue is “the moral equivalent of war” (a phrase attributed to William James). The . . . . Continue Reading »
Some of the comments made on my last posting have caused me to think further about the larger dynamics suggested by the circumstances surrounding Juan Williams’ dismissal. Here is the dynamic I see at work. When I was born, the idea-driven world (academic, media, and so forth) was dominated . . . . Continue Reading »
Zagat, the restaurant reviewing people, have released their list of the 1,000 best movies of all time . The first three ( The Godfather , The Godfather II , and Casablanca ) are three of my very favorite movies (in reverse order), so I was pleased, though number five ( Lawrence of Arabia ) seemed . . . . Continue Reading »
The Center for Public Justice was founded in 1977 and since then has undertaken to articulate a Christian vision for public policy in the United States based on the principle of what I would call societal pluriformity. Recently its long time president, James W. Skillen, retired and was replaced by . . . . Continue Reading »
Tablet has a preview of Shalom Sesame , a new series in which Grover from Sesame Street will “explore Jewish identity, history, and culture for the American Jewish preschool demographic.” In this snippet, viewers learn about the famous rivalry between Hillel and Shammai, and hear . . . . Continue Reading »
Andrew Sullivan doesn’t own a dictionary. That is the only explanation that I can think of for why he doesn’t know the definition of the word “bigot”. Yesterday, he used the term a couple of times in reference to the Juan Williams affair . Today he clarifies his claim : . . . . Continue Reading »
“Turkey’s Islamists want to restore their country’s leading position in the Muslim world, in a sharp turn away from the country’s previous Western orientation (as well as its military alliance with Israel). For Germany, though, the revived arrogance of the Anatolian . . . . Continue Reading »
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