Politics | Chief Justice John Roberts doesn’t seem too keen on attending another State of the Union after President Obama upbraided the... More >>
Sports | A class-act baseball player announced his retirement today:
The 1997 American League MVP signed a one-day contract with his former team... More >>
Global | World Vision’s office in northwestern Pakistan was attacked Wednesday by militants armed with grenades, killing 6 workers.
The gunmen entered the... More >>
Politics | Former senator Rick Santorum spoke at the Iowa Christian Alliance last night, along with former head of the Christian Coalition... More >>
Culture | The sequel to The Phantom of the Opera has officially arrived.
The professional critics’ reviews haven’t yet come in, but audiences... More >>
Watercooler Chatter | ‘Morning!
Random question of the day: What is your favorite hour of the day?
Answer to yesterday’s question: The Little Prince by... More >>
Global | Christian volunteers at a Moroccan orphanage were kicked out of the country Monday by government officials, leaving behind 33 foster... More >>
Issues | Given the large number of private and parochial schools in the U.S., this type of story is sure to be... More >>
Books | Early spring flowers poke through the ground in my front yard, and we haven’t seen a snowflake fall in three... More >>
Religion | The notorious head of Westboro Baptist Church (which isn’t affiliated with any mainline Baptist denominations), Fred Phelps Sr., will have... More >>
Watercooler Chatter | Good day!
Random question of the day: What is your favorite book?
Answer to yesterday’s question: The Christians that are currently being... More >>
Education | The Wall Street Journal reported today on a growing trend of schools districts cutting their school weeks down to four... More >>
Religion | Justice John Paul Stevens, the only Protestant on the Supreme Court, turns 90 next month. The Washington Post raises a... More >>
Watercooler Chatter | A new week begins…
Random question of the day: Who is your biggest role model outside your family?
Answer to Saturday’s question:... More >>
Culture | Will Switzerland vote to provide public defenders to fish? If this story didn’t come from the front page of today’s... More >>
Education | Within a month of landing Kenneth Starr as its new president, Baylor University announced on Thursday that they will be... More >>
Watercooler Chatter | Here it is, Rants! & Raves!, your weekly opportunity to sound off about the week past.
Remember the rules:
A Rave! is... More >>
Watercooler Chatter | Hooray for Saturday!
Random question of the day: If you could have any type of animal for a pet, which animal... More >>
Just for Fun | Click here for a look back at the news of the week, colorfully illustrated by some of the best editorial... More >>
Politics | It appears that the White House is dialing back Attorney General Eric Holder’s previous plans to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed... More >>
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Faith & Inspiration | The way of Jesus is the way of tears. While many Christians in Western Europe and North America tend to... More >>
Faith & Inspiration | I was reminded recently that Christians should be civil—to each other as well as to unbelievers, I presume. I am... More >>
Economy | “The man of system,” wrote Adam Smith, “is apt to be very wise to his own conceit. He seems to... More >>
Politics | Before Rep. Nancy Pelosi became speaker of the House, she promised during the Bush administration that if voters allowed Democrats... More >>
Entertainment | My mother is not much for jogging, so we go to the movies. There isn’t a lot out there for... More >>
Politics | Seventy-eight-year-old Jim Bunning has nine children and 40 grandchildren. Last week, Daily Kos, a progressive blog, made the Hall of... More >>
Culture | While downtown on an errand, Joann and I impulsively stopped in on Picasso, or what remains of him. He was... More >>
Sports | I have suffered a few aspersions because, though I am now an American citizen, I nonetheless felt an affinity for... More >>
Religion | For three days this week, a student group at the University of Texas at San Antonio has been offering fellow... More >>
Faith & Inspiration | The randomly selected Bible passage I drifted off to sleep memorizing last night was 2 Timothy 2:1-4:
“You then, my child,... More >>
Family | A letter to a young man, on the occasion of wanting to date my daughter:
Dear John,
This letter is in response... More >>
Politics | As more Americans, especially the unemployed, come to rely on government to take care of them, we risk losing our... More >>
Issues | I would have thought that when Big Brother finally came it would be against our wills.
On the other hand, I... More >>
Issues | My colleague Tony Perkins has just been banned from addressing the Andrews Air Force Base prayer luncheon. His invitation has... More >>
Religion | The black church in America may be lukewarm, but it is not “dead” as suggested in an article by Eddie... More >>
Religion | I wrote a little essay for the print magazine about why I don’t like to call myself “Reformed” more than... More >>
Economy | Why is healthcare reform arousing the passions of so many people and diverting the attention of the legislative and the... More >>
Business | When Toyota President Akio Toyoda testified last week before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, an attitude was... More >>
Faith & Inspiration | On Saturday I sat with Mrs. S, who is 85, while her daughter was out. I suggested playing Scrabble but... More >>
Education | Our nation’s teachers were unwittingly in the thick of last week’s dramatic healthcare summit hosted by President Obama. Whether they... More >>
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Mourning sorrow: Nigerian Christians fear more retaliation after Muslim gangs kill 500 
