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February 2026

February 20, 2026

DISCUSS: “So far, so good”

An article on the collapse of Bitcoin quotes a French movie: “It’s the story of...

January 2026

January 01, 2026

Our Predictions for 2026

[FREE POST] What do you think 2026 will bring? This is the day we launch...

December 2025

December 29, 2025

A Year-in-Review Miscellany, 12/29/25

Top 10 news stories of 2025. Top 10 religion stories of 2025. The funniest news...

November 2025

November 17, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 11/17/25

Mainline Methodists try unity by division. BBC heads resign over bias. And Bible reading is up--belief...

July 2025

July 25, 2025

DISCUSS: The Trump & Epstein Controversy

The controversy over President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is being called "the biggest crisis of...

March 2025

March 10, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 3/10/25

OpenAI hallucinates 37% of the time. The Washington Post is changing its tune. And giving...

January 2025

January 27, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 1/27/25

Trump's "shock and awe." The breakdown of conservative, liberal, or moderate. The woes of cable...

January 02, 2025

What We’ll Have to Face in 2026

The beginning of the new year is a good time to look ahead and assess...

December 2024

December 26, 2024

Year in Review 2024

Looking back on the news, religion, and media of 2024.

December 16, 2024

Monday Miscellany, 12/16/24

Bad times for dictators. Hallucinating the news. And the UK completely bans puberty blockers for...

December 15, 2023

DISCUSSION: Who Would Be Your Pick for Person of the Year?

Time Magazine picked Taylor Swift as Person of the Year. Who would be your pick?

November 2023

November 09, 2023

The End of Being Informed

An increasing number of Americans just don't care about the news anymore. This bodes ill...

December 2022

December 27, 2022

The Year of Implosions

Kenzie Bryant says that 2022 has been the year of implosions. She gives some examples....

May 2022

May 02, 2022

How Facebook Is Censoring Ukraine

Facebook has tuned up its algorithms to fight "Russian disinformation." But the same algorithms that...

December 2021

December 31, 2021

Predictions for 2022

As the old year dies and the new year comes crawling in, let us make...

December 28, 2021

Religion in 2021

Judging by the media and many of its practitioners, religion in 2021 consisted of politics,...

April 2021

April 08, 2021

Soviet-style Journalism Comes to America

Media bias slants the news in favor of a particular political perspective. But the American...

December 2020

December 30, 2020

August 2020

August 21, 2020

Media Worry about Losing Their “Antagonist”

Despite problems in the news industry, the "New York Times," the "Washington Post," CNN, and...

December 2019

December 30, 2019

February 2018

February 27, 2018

Everybody Is Exhausted

Horrible crimes, embarrassing scandals, internecine political warfare, one crazy thing after another. . . .Does...

February 16, 2018

Is Print Journalism Down to Its Last 10 Years?

Do we need print on paper anymore? After all, we can download books on Kindle,...

January 2018

January 01, 2018

Make Your Predictions for 2018!

Happy New Year! A time to look ahead! A time to make your predictions for...

December 2017

December 27, 2017

The Top Religion Stories of 2017 Are Mostly About Trump

Continuing our look back at 2017, we turn our attention to developments in religion. A...

August 2017

August 11, 2017

Latest developments

I'm going to experiment with some short form blogging for the weekend, calling your...