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January 2013

January 29, 2013

Women in Combat: We Will Lose This Fight. Let’s Lose For the Right Reasons

It was the summer of 1993, and I remember it like yesterday. I was an...

January 29, 2013

The Quinoa Craze: The Occasional Problem with Buying Better Food

Personal experience tells us that it costs money to buy food. And it's also obvious...

January 29, 2013

Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day Take Two: Thanks for Listening to the LGBT Community, Dan Cathy

"Dan Cathy went to his neighbor and spoke in love, and because of that he...

January 28, 2013

The Still, Small Voice that Doubts Roe v. Wade

"Loccke, if she’s a feminist, ought to be more willing to listen to that still,...

January 28, 2013

In Praise of Memorizing Poetry

"We need poetry to speak the unspeakable, and certainly to speak for us when we...

January 28, 2013

Can ‘Unconventional’ Music Really Turn Your Kid Into A Delinquent?

"If a kid is prone to delinquent behavior, is that a result of listening to...

January 28, 2013

American Girl Dolls: Created In Whose Image?

"So as I peruse Szwarc’s portraits, I wonder in whose image these dolls are made."

January 25, 2013

Sex-Trafficking, Evangelical “Colonialism”, and the Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit

In preparing to teach my students about Jesus' hard saying about the "blasphemy against the...

January 25, 2013

Hopefully, The Force Will Be Strong with J.J. Abrams

All criticisms aside, let's hope that the Force is strong with this one, and that...

January 25, 2013

The Cold & Broken ‘Hallelujah’ of the Evangelical Subculture

Holy-cleanup of Culture It’s not a secret that there is a lot of bad, bad...

January 25, 2013

Frequently Searched Questions: Mensch Ben Bartlett

The following are actual search terms people typed into Google (Yahoo?) which directed them to...

January 24, 2013

The “Gamification” of Education?

A few years ago, the Freakonomics blog interviewed Joel Rose, the founder of School of One,...

January 24, 2013

Be Fruitful and Multiply and Frack the Earth

Fracking - hydraulic fracturing of shale to extract the oil trapped therein - looks like...

January 24, 2013

Women Have Long Faced Danger in U.S. Military

On January 23, 2013, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta stated that, on the recommendation from the...

January 24, 2013

The Coke’s On Us

Recently the Coca-Cola Co. aired an anti-obesity commercial hoping to save some face for the...

January 24, 2013

Mixed Signals: A Sexy Celebration of Roe v. Wade?

What happens when the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) asks actor Mehcad Brooks (USA Network's...

January 23, 2013

Mark Driscoll, I really, really need an iPad.

"What we need to talk about are the ways we as Christians need to get...

January 23, 2013

Last Hurrah for ABC’s Last Resort

I will confess that I have a tendency to form attachments to television shows doomed...

January 23, 2013

Taking Sunday’s Grace to Monday’s Vocation

As a professor, I am constantly assessing how well my students grasp the concepts of my class;...

January 23, 2013

Of Little Boys, Violent Play, and Pretending to Shoot the Bad Guys

"Perhaps the most important is creating a safe environment in which the bad guys in...

January 22, 2013

The First Lady of Fashion

As fashion insiders gushed over Michelle Obama's ruby chiffon and velvet gown by Jason Wu,...

January 22, 2013

Jane Roe Is Not Our Trophy

After years as an abortion activist, Norma McCorvey (the Roe in Roe v. Wade) befriended...

January 22, 2013

We Can’t Pay Bills with Monopoly Money

Ah, debt, our old friend and comforter in times of need. Who among us has...

January 21, 2013

Stephen Hawking and Becoming More Than a Machine

"Stephen Hawking is simply the most representative man of who we are."

January 21, 2013

A Bloody Torso, Video Game Violence and Responsibility

"Videogames and all other forms of art or entertainment are merely a reflection of our...

January 21, 2013

Iván Fernández Anaya’s Virtuous Victory

"The story of Basque runner Iván Fernández Anaya feels like a breath of fresh air."

January 18, 2013

The CaPC Lance Armstrong Roundup

Last night, Lance Armstrong sent shockwaves around the world with his confession to Oprah. Maybe...

January 18, 2013

Chronicling Porn’s Damaging Effects

The Internet's increasing ubiquity has led to many good things, but it has had at...

January 18, 2013

Three Feelings I Felt When The Onion Made Fun of Me

There's often a tension we feel between "secular" work and "ministry." We notice others around...

January 18, 2013

The Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theory and Why it Matters

It wasn't long after the Sandy Hook tragedy that I started seeing images and videos...

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