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2012-12-17T14:30:13-07:00

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

Last updated on: December 17, 2012 at 2:30 pm By Alan Noble

I'm not sure it's helpful to use tragedies like Sandy Hook as examples of what happens when a country abandons God. Read more

2012-12-17T13:03:59-07:00

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

Last updated on: December 17, 2012 at 1:03 pm By Alan Noble

I worry that we don't support policies based on how they will bless us and our neighbors, but rather, on how they fit with our prior political commitments. Read more

2012-12-17T08:48:08-07:00

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Gossiping About a Mass Murderer

Last updated on: December 17, 2012 at 8:48 am By Jason Morehead

The news media's coverage of awful events like the Newtown shootings has often felt more like gossip than anything resembling actual journalism. Read more

2012-12-16T15:28:56-07:00

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The Deeper Meaning Behind Our Favorite Christmas Carols

Last updated on: December 16, 2012 at 3:28 pm By Jason Morehead

Christ and Pop Culture writers share their reflections on their favorite Christmas carols, and how, all kitsch and schmaltz aside, they bring meaning to the holiday every year. Read more

2012-12-14T09:11:00-07:00

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

Last updated on: December 14, 2012 at 9:11 am By Jewel Evans

Times have changed. For youth and the music scene, growing old isn’t really much of an option, let alone the subject of a song. Ke$ha’s newest album Warrior and her Billboard Top 100 #3 hit song “Die Young” are key examples for a shift in youth culture. It communicates two primary things: A shift from being young forever to being young and then you die. No longer seeking to grow up and mature, and, as a result, escaping from responsibility and... Read more

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2012-12-13T16:51:41-07:00

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The Moviegoer: Gangsters, Imposters, Motors, and other Awards Season Notes

Last updated on: December 13, 2012 at 4:51 pm By Nick Olson

Each week in The Moviegoer, Nick Olson examines new and upcoming films. Killing Them Softly (Andrew Dominik, 2012) My anticipation for Killing Them Softly–Dominik’s long-awaited followup to his excellent 2007 feature, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford–was admittedly high. I thought the latter a masterfully crafted, slow-burn thriller of a western. Reunited with Brad Pitt, Dominik returns with a modern day gangster flick that is an allegory about America’s 2008 recession. Pitt plays a hitman named Jackie Cogan... Read more

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2012-12-12T22:55:56-07:00

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Dorian Gray on Drugs

Last updated on: December 12, 2012 at 10:55 pm By Erin Wyble Newcomb

Bryan Saunders has 8,700 self-portraits to his credit, but it’s the 50 currently on display in Paris’ Maison Rouge that have made him famous. Saunders lives in poverty and relative obscurity (largely, it seems, by choice) in conditions that eschew societal expectations about ambition, health, and normalcy. His art, too, challenges those categories, in particular the 50 self-portraits, each one created while under the influence of a different drug. Saunders never pays for the drugs, instead getting everything from lighter... Read more

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2012-12-12T22:51:15-07:00

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

Last updated on: December 12, 2012 at 10:51 pm By Jason Morehead

Traditions are good things, but they are not ultimate things, and in our pursuit to praise them, we must be careful lest we turn a blind eye to wickedness. Read more

2012-12-11T20:42:55-07:00

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Can We Solve the Unemployment Crisis by Working Less?

Last updated on: December 11, 2012 at 8:42 pm By C. Ryan Knight

Yesterday I came across an article by Juliet Schor that was published in Yes! last year. In it she argues for the importance of reducing hours at work and increasing time for self-provisioning (doing things yourself rather than taking shortcuts, like preparing dinner at home rather than eating out). She is most compelling when she argues that working less improves the unemployment crisis and makes sustainable living more feasible. Schor’s argument is true in a sense, but it nonetheless feels distant... Read more

2012-12-11T20:33:22-07:00

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

Last updated on: December 11, 2012 at 8:33 pm By Jason Morehead

Indeed, there are so many year-end lists that sometimes, it can be rather daunting to figure out which lists to look at, or where to even begin looking. Read more

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