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November 23, 2011

What Memes Mean: WW2 Tweets from 1939

"What we often today call 'inanity' is what future generations will call 'history.' "

November 09, 2011

What Memes Mean: Nickelback and the Psychology of Punching Bags

"Common enemies and dislikes draw people together, often more readily than common loves and interests."

November 02, 2011

Music at Mars Hill: Brandon Flowers on Mormonism

"Do we sometimes boil our Christian faith down to avoiding Christian taboos and following our...

November 02, 2011

What Memes Mean: 'Tebowing' and the Complexity of Religious Humor

"We should be humbled to the point of laughter when we see how silly our...

October 2011

October 26, 2011

What Memes Mean: "A Magazine Is an iPad That Does Not Work” (Part 1)

"Digital technology is changing the way we obtain and experience information."

October 19, 2011

What Memes Mean: Haunted Houses and Christian Self-Awareness

"Stop thinking so much about yourself, but do not stop thinking about yourself completely. Either...

October 12, 2011

What Memes Mean: Darth Vader And The Mechanics Of Revelation

"I forget that I’ve been let in on the story going on behind the story,...

September 2011

September 21, 2011

What Memes Mean: Pat Robertson And The Danger (And Decline) Of Demagogues

"But we should remind ourselves that his “long line of statements” exists in the first...

September 14, 2011

What Memes Mean: The Muddle Of Wrong Worship

"It’s not that we think too highly of music at the expense of our sanctification,...

April 2011

April 12, 2011

Rebecca Black, Stephen Colbert, and the Ethics of Mocking for Charity

It may have been for a good cause, but did two of the nicest comedians...

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