How much would Jesus eat? The answer—as determined by depictions of the last supper—vary by era, say two brothers— an eating behavior expert and a religious studies scholar : Brian and Craig Wansink teamed up to analyze the amount of food depicted in 52 of the best-known paintings of . . . . Continue Reading »
According to PBS’s Religion & Ethic Newsweekly : A 1998 law mandates that the US government have an Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom to advance religious liberty around the world as part of American foreign policy. But the Obama administration still has not . . . . Continue Reading »
Bart Stupak tells Fox News that, as a “guesstimate,” he thinks the Democrats are at least 16 votes short of passing the health-care bill: “I’d be surprised if they have 200 votes.” One trouble for Pelosi seems to be that, this time around, she can’t accommodate . . . . Continue Reading »
In comment #23 of his blog post, “On the Bible and Civil Government,” John Mark Reynolds says:I have never been sure what the phrase “social justice” means.I am for justice.Like him, I am also for justice. I suspect that Professor Reynolds and other conservative Christians . . . . Continue Reading »
In response to the question, “What were they thinking?” Christopher Buckley argues that the same substance propelling the success of men such as John Edwards, Mark Sanford, and Tiger Woods also detonates their spectacular flame-outs. “The very drive that propels these people . . . . Continue Reading »
Good grief what next? I posted previously that two courts found no connection between autism and childhood vaccines. But integrity requires that I now post about the latest twist in that ongoing controversy: One of the premier scientists involved in finding no link is now immersed in a . . . . Continue Reading »
San Lorenzo del Escorial: the palace complex of King Philip II of Spain, late sixteenth century. Architects: Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera.Carlos Eire, author of A Brief History of Eternity (Princeton, 2009), examines how “Catholics embraced their dead even more tightly than . . . . Continue Reading »
David:Michael New, a political scientist specializing in abortion statistics, explains why T.R. Reid’s “analysis is superficial and unconvincing.”Ramesh Ponnuru calls Reid’s op-ed “absurd,” says that Professor New’s critique is “too kind,” and . . . . Continue Reading »
With Louisiana’s Joseph Cao’s return to the fold, it now seems guaranteed that all the 178 Republicans in the House will vote against the Senate’s version of the health-care bill, even with some method (legal or not) invented to try to ensure reconciliation. Which means that the . . . . Continue Reading »
In the 24 cases where driver age was reported or readily inferred, the drivers included those of the ages 60, 61, 63, 66, 68, 71, 72, 72, 77, 79, 83, 85, 89—and I’m leaving out the son whose age wasn’t identified, but whose 94-year-old father died as a passenger. These . . . . Continue Reading »
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