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January 02, 2013

Why Are Drivers Aiming for Turtles Crossing the Highway?

News outlets are reporting the results of a recent research experiment by Clemson University student...

January 02, 2013

The Best Children’s Books of 2012

Happy New Year! In keeping with the CAPC tradition of year-end lists of our favorite...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

Slowly but Surely, Positive Changes are Coming to Chinese Factories

"Employees being treated a bit more fairly and equitably is something to be celebrated and...

December 31, 2012

Rest In Peace, “Amanat”

"How do we grieve for the people we don't know, have never met, and can...

December 31, 2012

Words We Used Too Much in 2012

"Have these words turned pesky in 2012? What words have you heard too much in...

December 28, 2012

Longing for Fiction

In his text Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories, C. S. Lewis writes of fairy stories...

December 28, 2012

Does Russia Truly Care for the Fatherless?

Russia is one of the primary sources for international adoptions for U.S. families. In the...

December 27, 2012

My 10 Favorite 2012 Cultural Artifacts Not From 2012

Sometimes I feel kind of left out of all of those ‘best of the year...

December 26, 2012

Listen to our Favorite Music of 2012 on Spotify! BONUS: Our Personal Favorites!

Now that we've vouched for our favorite albums, it's time for you to hear what...

December 24, 2012

I am George Bailey: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ and Obsession With Personal Achievement

I am George Bailey. Well, at least that's what my wife tells me whenever...

December 24, 2012

Top 5 Austrian Christmas Traditions

This Christmas is quite a unique one for me-- I am spending it in Graz,...

December 24, 2012

Good OK-Drama: Love Rain

Good OK-Drama is a very occasional series looking at various examples of Korean drama (the...

December 21, 2012

Do We Really Need Christian Video Games?

I just read a lovely piece that I thought I would share my thoughts on...

December 21, 2012

Great Christmas Reads for Kids

In an act of shameless self promotion, I'm going to share the link to a...

December 21, 2012

Is Homework an Advantage for the Rich?

In this week’s The New Yorker, Louis Menard writes about the French president’s efforts...

December 19, 2012

Christianity in Civilization V?

Have you ever wondered what Christianity might look like if it could rise above political...

December 18, 2012

What am I cheering for when Anonymous takes on Westboro Baptist Church?

What do I want more, to see Westboro humiliated and receiving their (richly deserved) comeuppance?...

December 18, 2012

Filmwell’s “Favored TV Moments of 2012”

As a companion piece of sorts to CaPC's own list of favorite television shows from...

December 18, 2012

Will My Son Be Black Enough for Rob Parker?

Why is a German Mennonite mom like me ready to slug a sports analyst?

December 18, 2012

Christmas in Sandy Hook, Connecticut

I have a son who is eight years old, and my daughter will be five...

December 17, 2012

Is Sandy Hook a Sign that We need a Christian Culture? Or a Savior?

I'm not sure it's helpful to use tragedies like Sandy Hook as examples of what...

December 17, 2012

How do you Choose Public Policy? Sandy Hook, Gun Control, and Pragmatism

I worry that we don't support policies based on how they will bless us and...

December 17, 2012

Gossiping About a Mass Murderer

The news media's coverage of awful events like the Newtown shootings has often felt more...

December 14, 2012

Wouldn’t it Be Nice? The Twisted Fantasy of Ke$ha’s ‘Die Young’

Times have changed. For youth and the music scene, growing old isn't really much...

December 13, 2012

Kathy Redmond’s Story is One of Justice, Forgiveness, and Cornhusker Football

Traditions are good things, but they are not ultimate things, and in our pursuit to...

December 12, 2012

Can We Solve the Unemployment Crisis by Working Less?

Yesterday I came across an article by Juliet Schor that was published in Yes! last year....

December 12, 2012

Brace Yourself: ‘Tis the Season for Year-end Lists

Indeed, there are so many year-end lists that sometimes, it can be rather daunting to...

December 11, 2012

What ‘Shoot Christians Say’ says about the next generation of evangelicals.

This video made me squirm. It was so dead on and so disturbing. The...

December 10, 2012

Ray Guy Should Be in the Football Hall of Fame

It's high time that football did a better job of recognizing the fact that punters...

December 10, 2012

On Religious Videogames and “El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron”

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, while far from 2011's most popular game, was one...

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