Linguist John McWorter suggests it is time to revert from “African American” back to “black American” and leave the former term for the growing number of Americans that are actually from Africa: Namely, as of now, almost 1 in 10 black people are foreign-born. About 1 in 30 are . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at National Review , they’ve got a list of the top ten conservative novels written by Americans since 1950: 1. Advise and Consent by Allen Drury 2. Midcentury by John Dos Passos 3. Mr. Sammler’s Planet by Saul Bellow 4. The Time It Never Rained by Elmer Kelton 5. The Thanatos . . . . Continue Reading »
Can there be a more magnificent example of the love, grace and mercy of God than the conversion of our father in Christ, St. Paul? From persecutor to preacher, from murderer of the saints, to the merciful lover of all souls. The Scripture readings appointed for today are:Acts 9:1-22Galatians . . . . Continue Reading »
Some people have been hurt in the local church. For some people it’s just a rote activity, as Oprah admits, which she learned as a child. Some of us are much smarter than our local church can bear, and some cannot stand how smart the church thinks it is. Worse still for others: it will simply be completely useless. Continue Reading »
Disgraceful: A UN scientist has admitted he included the nonsense about Himalayan glaciers disappearing by 2035—even though he knew it had not been scientifically verified—to put political pressure on regional government leaders. From the story:The scientist behind the bogus claim in a . . . . Continue Reading »
This is an essential catholic and evangelical truth: the Word of God does not speak of something the way, for example, I may speak of something I know or have an opinion about. Scripture is God speaking. When Scripture speaks, we hear the voice of God.For most of Protestantism Scripture has become a . . . . Continue Reading »
So I got an email criticizing my post below for not talking up ELI as representing the truth that is Christian theology. Good point, actually. Here’s my feeble memory of what the movie’s unfashionable but genuinely illuminating teachings are along those lines: 1. Each of us has free . . . . Continue Reading »
The best way to counter the Tea Party movement, which is all about stopping things, is with an Innovation Movement, which is all about starting things. [ . . . ] Obama should bring together the country’s leading innovators and ask them: “What legislation, what tax incentives, do we need . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh dear, oh dear: The UN’s IPCC has been caught getting it hysterically wrong again. First, it was the false claim that the Himalayan glaciers would disappear by 2035—which turned out to be one man’s conjecture—since withdrawn—published in New Scientist. . . . . Continue Reading »
1. It’s very much worth seeing, although it’s far from the best movie ever made. The best Christian movie ever made remains TENDER MERCIES. But Bob may be right and I may be wrong. It could be that the movie’s teaching style doesn’t correspond to my learning style. 2. JWC . . . . Continue Reading »
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