Christian complaints of being willfully misunderstood by secularists will win far more sympathy when those same Christians stop willfully misunderstanding contemporary art. P.D. Young has some advice in that regard : “If you cannot name five contemporary artists, you need put all . . . . Continue Reading »
The Washington Post has come out with a piece on Mitt Romney’s role as a leader in the Mormon Church (retreading an earlier piece in the Times ) that is already being picked up by modern-day anti-Mormon zealots. On Twitter, Chloe Angyal of Feministing describes it thus: In which Mitt . . . . Continue Reading »
Elizabeth Marquardt outlines the three avenues from which group marriage will come : the fringes of the left, from the darkest corners of the fundamentalist right, and from the laboratories of fertility clinics and hard scientists around the world. The debate about legal recognition of polyamorous . . . . Continue Reading »
Christian hip-hop artists Lecrae and Trip Lee talk to pastor Eric Mason about bridging the divide between historically black churches and Reformed theology. Theological Imperialism and the Black Community from The Gospel Coalition on Vimeo . Even if you’re not fans of hip-hop, . . . . Continue Reading »
What is wrong with you Catholics? Why are ya’ll willing, as Nancy Pelosi claims, to let women die because of ” this conscience thing “? Catholic health-care providers in particular have long said they’d have to go out of business without the conscience protections that Pelosi . . . . Continue Reading »
Sometimes a Tweet is better than a blog. It forces me to be short winded, which makes Secondhand Smokette happy. For anyone interested in some of my shorter thoughts than found here, my Twitter handle is @forcedexit. Check it . . . . Continue Reading »
Robert Cheeks suggests in his comment on my last Songbook post that if there aren’t any, there’s really no point in me saying that Rock is ambivalent about or even resistant to modernity. He has a point. So, here are two possible candidates. The first is the most obvious choice, the . . . . Continue Reading »
Fresh off the tremendous success of Eggsploitation, the CBC today released its new documentary Anonymous Father’s Day, which explores the impact of sperm donation on the children who result. The trailer is embedded below. And here’s a link if you are interested in . . . . Continue Reading »
1. So I was driving home today and heard Newt Gingrich on a local conservative radio talk show. I was intrigued (not really in a good way) by Gingrich’s proposals so I went over to his website. He wants to eliminate the capital gains tax, and cut the corporate income tax . . . . Continue Reading »
Ronald Reagan’s great biographer Steven F. Hayward courts charges of heresy by arguing that the Reagan Revolution was in some measure a failure, that its strategy of reining in the welfare state by “starving the beast” of revenues simply made it easier for us to enjoy the benefits . . . . Continue Reading »
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