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Real Scary: The PSA as Horror Genre

In the October issue David Goldman examined the rise of the horror film , noting “The horror-film genre is multiplying like one of its own monsters, showing six-fold growth over the past decade—turning what used to be a Hollywood curiosity into a mainstream product.” The rise of the . . . . Continue Reading »

Corpus Juris Vol. III

O.k., sportsfans, here is this week’s round up for the blawgosphere: The Ninth Circuit issued a controversial ruling this week holding that prisoners in the State of Washington have the right to vote . Roger Clegg offers his thoughts on the decision here . Chief Justice Roberts, fiscal . . . . Continue Reading »

Beauty, Spirit, and Evangelism

I’m not a poet. Actually, a more candid statement more accurately state that I’m just about as far removed from being a poet and possessing poetic sensibilities as one might get. When I read prose fiction, I don’t see words ... images and a sense of what transpires moves through my . . . . Continue Reading »

One Bad Argument In Favor of Torture

Traditional Christians oppose torture based on their understanding of Divine Revelation and centuries of experience learning the corrosive effects torture has on the society that justifies its use. Traditional conservatives should oppose torture because giving the government power to torture is . . . . Continue Reading »

Brit Hume on Faith

At Christianity Today , Sarah Pulliam Bailey talks to Brit Hume about faith, the media, and Tiger Woods: Is Christianity welcome in the media? No. Christianity is scorned by many in the media. Did you see that before you made this statement? Sure. Think of how many times we’ve seen an athlete . . . . Continue Reading »

Does God Live in the Gaps?

“There are reverent minds who ceaselessly scan the fields of Nature and the books of Science in search of gaps,” wrote Henry Drummond , “gaps which they will fill up with God. As if God lived in gaps?” In his Lowell Lectures on the Ascent of Man , Drummond continues: When . . . . Continue Reading »

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