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June 06, 2013

ELSEWHERE: How Have Movies Poked Fun At Religion?

PopMatters' Bill Gibron offers a brief survey of the many ways in which films have satirized,...

June 05, 2013

ELSEWHERE: These Christian Heroes From Your Childhood Will Freak You Out

Remember all of those fantastic/awful 80s and 90s Christian TV Shows and their memorable characters?...

June 05, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Google Glasses – No Porn Allowed

Some people wearing Google Glasses have recently been attempting to access and create pornography via...

June 04, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Drowning Doesn’t Look Like You Think It Does

Twenty years ago, I was sitting at a picnic table near a dock where some...

June 04, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Where Were You When The “Red Wedding” Happened?

As someone who has read the books, can I just say that I found the...

June 03, 2013

ELSEWHERE: The Magic of Ira Glass

Each week, over 1.8 million people (myself included) listen to This American Life. I had...

June 03, 2013

ELSEWHERE: What Does It Take to Be a Barista?

I've been a barista for the past five years and have worked in three coffee...

June 03, 2013

ELSEWHERE: The Digital Age’s Growing Inequalities

An increasing number of common, everyday tasks -- e.g., paying bills, completing homework, applying for...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Is It Art? Or Invasion Of Privacy?

Arne Svenson's recent photo exhibit raises, yet again, the age-old question of "What is art?"...

May 30, 2013

ELSEWHERE: The Paterno Family Is Going To Sue The NCAA

In 2011, the college football world was rocked by revelations that former Penn State coach Jerry...

May 29, 2013

ELSEWHERE: This Dude Has Yawn-Inducing Super Powers

You know it's happened to  you: you're somewhere out and about and you catch it--...

May 29, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Surprise, You Just Got Dumped By Google!

An increasing amount of our critical computing needs are handled by "the cloud" via services...

May 29, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Bob Dylan’s World

Last week was Bob Dylan's 72nd birthday and, like any other day, it's a good...

May 28, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Surviving a Cultural Crisis

Good thoughts from Mark Dever regarding the "cultural shift" in the United States that is...

May 28, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Peter Molyneux Turns One Lucky Gamer Into A “Digital God”

Last November, famed game designer Peter Molyneux launched Curiosity, a game in which millions of players tapped...

May 28, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Fort Hood Shooter Court Martial Finally Begins

Where were you on November 5, 2009? I was near Tal Afar, Iraq, sitting down...

May 24, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Is Human Cloning on Its Way?

Cloning is a process we've been able to do for many years with many species,...

May 24, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Porn—I Guess It’s Not that Victimless

Apart from issues of fidelity and moral desensitization, consumption of pornography is oftentimes defended as...

May 23, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Shaped on All Six Sides

Several months ago, my husband told me one of his dreams in life is to...

May 23, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Surprise, Your Brother Is Actually Your Uncle!

That's the sort of discovery one could make when one starts getting their DNA scanned,...

May 22, 2013

ELSEWHERE: What Are The Clergy’s Views On Faith And Science?

In 2012, the Barna Group interviewed over 700 pastors from a wide range of churches...

May 22, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Seeking Validation through Social Media

Mockingbird Ministries had this nice write up on our constant need for validation through social media...

May 21, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Why Algorithms Cannot Replace Human Intuition

In a recent article in Aeon Magazine, journalist Stephen Poole makes the argument that Artificial...

May 21, 2013

ELSEWHERE: A Ray of Hope After the Devastation in the Form of a Dog

First of all, it is amazing that this lady survived the tornado in that demolished...

May 21, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Star Trek and Racebending

Pop America has long had trouble with figuring out the whole Race Thing, from stereotyping...

May 17, 2013

ELSEWHERE: IRS to Pro-Life Group: Promise Us This, or No Tax-Exemption for You

I cannot believe that the IRS did this. Not because I do not think people...

May 17, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Jay Nash’s Letters From The Lost

Jay Nash’s new album Letters From The Lost came out Tuesday. Recorded in a home studio in...

May 15, 2013

ELSEWHERE: Government Gone Wild!

Seizing media phone records! Using the IRS to target political enemies! Dithering while your ambassador...

May 15, 2013

The IRS Targeted the Tea Party; Benghazi Cover Up

This scandal of the IRS targeting conservative organizations for audit is making conspiracy theorists seem...

May 14, 2013

Which Churches Are Growing The Fastest?

Which Churches Are Growing The Fastest? The answer is SUPER discouraging.

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