Education | Whether you think this sounds like a good idea or not, why does important news like this get brought forth... More >>
Religion | You don’t normally expect to open the front section of the New York Times in order to read about Christian... More >>
Politics | Marco Rubio, the leading GOP candidate for the Florida Senate, is the featured guest of “The Weekend Interview” column of... 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 | Hello!
Random question of the day: If you could change one thing in your past, what would you change? Or would... 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 >>
Economy | A 2,200 page report on Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy not only revealed that the causes of the company’s death, but it... More >>
Global | The U.S. State Department released its annual report on human rights around the world yesterday, criticizing North Korea, Russia, Cuba,... More >>
Religion | The retired pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Jeremiah Wright, spoke with The Washington Post yesterday, echoing what... More >>
Newsworthy | Here are highlights from the latest issue of WORLD Magazine:
COVER STORY Centers of the battle: Because cities are strategic centers,... More >>
Watercooler Chatter | Good Morning,
Random question of the day: What quote has most inspired you?
My answer to yesterday’s question: definitely flying.
Remember: This is... More >>
Issues | Breaking news this afternoon:
A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words “under God” in the... More >>
Global | President Obama will be parting ways with his Nobel Peace Prize money, donating it all to various causes:
Obama is giving... More >>
Economy | Portland, Ore. is America’s most unhappy city, according to a BusinessWeek survey.
The survey focused on the rates of depression, suicide,... More >>
Politics | It’s hard to argue with the results from this poll from the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling that show Marco Rubio... More >>
Education | I’ve been tracking this developing story for several weeks, but the big news last night from Kansas City is still... More >>
Watercooler Chatter | Welcome to the latter part of the week!
Random question of the day: What was the best dream you’ve ever had?
My... More >>
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 >>
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Politics | “I mean, in a way, Obama’s standing above the country, above, above the world, he’s sort of God.” That was... More >>
Faith & Inspiration | I realize there are various and valid explanations for how Christianity ended up—at least on the surface—bearing so little resemblance... More >>
Faith & Inspiration | Try an experiment with me. Open your Bible and read Galatians 2:20:
“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no... More >>
Entertainment | Last night I had the opportunity to take my kids to see Disney on Ice: Let’s Celebrate! The tickets were... More >>
Issues |
The Supreme Court has decided to take a case that may change the boundaries for types of speech protected by... More >>
Faith & Inspiration | I must have seen one too many pictures of Jesus as a kid—the Resurrection Jesus of Eastern Orthodox iconography. The... More >>
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 >>
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'Endangered species': Campagin accuses Planned Parenthood of encouraging black women to abort 
