A great story about a man who felt himself lucky in circumstances many of us would have felt unfortunate if not cursed: the story of Hugh Mulcahy , who played in the majors for a terrible team and lost twice as many games as he won, and then spent five years fighting in World War II, and never . . . . Continue Reading »
Universalism, the belief that everyone is going to heaven, is becoming widespread. Check out the popularity of Rob Bell’s book Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person WhoEver Lived as an example. A perennial question Universalists love to ask traditional . . . . Continue Reading »
1. First off, I’m very glad to learn about the funny NORWOOD. Thanks, Carl. That reminds me that the chair of the politics and literature section of the American Politcial Sciece Association really wants to have a show on TRUE GRIT next year. Any volunteers? 2. I saw a little of the . . . . Continue Reading »
As Thanksgiving approaches, many of you will be Homeward Bound and back again, on turnpikes or through airports, and you are starting to ask that key question: what recorded books ought I to obtain for the journey? Well, for the certifiably insane geniuses and Christian masochists, who can navigate . . . . Continue Reading »
The end of Halloween and the genuinely frightening FX show American Horror Story - in which a family heavily interacts with ghosts spanning the generations, where horror began with an abortionist doing his own Frankenstein-type experiments - has provoked the following somewhat disparate thoughts . . . . . Continue Reading »
That was pretty good debate yesterday. I could nitpick (how much do you all think a war with Iran might cost -in American lives and American money - if you launch an attack on that country’s nuclear facilities?), but I won’t. Good for them (even Ron Paul.) It was . . . . Continue Reading »
God has opinions about human affairs, but His opinions are not easy for any human to see.Abraham Lincoln faced the Civil War, the greatest test the American Republic has endured, but he was not foolish enough to assume the government was on God’s side. In his Second Inaugural Address Lincoln . . . . Continue Reading »
Does the manner in which we treat our dead reflect how we view ourselves? I think it does.I began thinking about this issue after reading a splendid article by my good friend Joseph Bottum, in which he opined in First Things that San Francisco’s banning of cemeteries within its . . . . Continue Reading »
1. God help me, but I’ve seen every Republican debate this season (but not every minute and I’ve missed a couple of the forums.) I’ve found all but the last fairly entertaining and somewhat informative. They’ve sure been pretty important when it comes to the . . . . Continue Reading »
GWH, at least in the USA, has really hit hard times. Perhaps it is because global temperatures haven’t risen in a statistically significant manner for more than 10 years, despite increases in carbon dioxide emmissions. Perhaps the bad economy is such that even believers don’t want . . . . Continue Reading »
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