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January 2013

January 25, 2013

How you know when you’re an adult

Wisdom from Earl Weaver, the legendary manager of the Baltimore Orioles, who died on January...

January 18, 2013

Lance Armstrong in Oprah’s confessional

We Lutherans believe in confession and absolution. That happens in every Divine Service, and, when...

January 03, 2013

“A person must not be identified by their sexual orientation”

A New York archbishop shut down a "gay mass" that was held regularly in a...

December 2012

December 13, 2012

Persecuting “religious pathologies”

The French government is planning a crack-down on people with what is being called "religious...

December 03, 2012

The world’s most emotional countries

According to an on-going Gallup study, Americans and Spanish-speakers are the world's most emotional people. ...

November 2012

November 13, 2012

Working through the five stages of grief

Dana Milbank, while crowing over President Obama's re-election, says that Republicans are going through the...

September 2012

September 14, 2012

The faith of infants

A key Lutheran teaching is that infants can have faith. This is why Lutherans see...

September 14, 2012

The Empathy Gap

Why does Obama still lead Romney in the polls, despite the dismal state of the...

February 2012

February 16, 2012

Thoughts on homosexuality not being genetic

A couple of weeks ago I posted this: Evidence homosexuality is not genetic | Cranach:...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Court rules in favor of expelled Christian counseling student

An appeals court ruled in favor of that graduate student who was expelled from her...

January 27, 2012

Emotional Freedom Technique?

Should Christians employ acupuncture, yoga, and other "alternative medicine" treatments whose theoretical foundations come out...

January 26, 2012

The rise of American emotionalism

In the context of discussing an embarrassing video in which a hysterical fan blames the...

January 25, 2012

Petronius, gluttony, and the Internet

Another example of how classical literature can help us think through contemporary issues. Rob Goodman...

January 23, 2012

Joe Paterno dies

Penn State football was Joe Paterno's life. Now, shortly after he was fired from the...

January 19, 2012

The two kinds of warriors: Hector & Achilles

University of Virginia English professor Mark Edmundson has written a fascinating essay entitled "Do Sports...

January 18, 2012

The myth of self-esteem

A long-time educational myth is exploded: For decades, the prevailing wisdom in education was that...

January 06, 2012

Epiphanies

"Epiphany. 3 a (1) : a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature...

December 2011

December 29, 2011

Good news on the crime rate

Not everything in our society is going from bad to worse. Over the last decade,...

December 08, 2011

“Rudolph” accused of promoting bullying

Some experts are saying that the song and the cartoon "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" promotes...

December 05, 2011

Requiring acceptance of homosexuality

Here is a religious liberty case to watch: The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals...

December 02, 2011

Psychologists admit to bogus research

Social science aspires to the status of natural science, never mind that human beings are...

October 2011

October 24, 2011

The most relaxing–and most boring–music ever

Scientists measuring brain waves have discovered the most relaxing piece of music ever, an artificially...

October 10, 2011

What we half perceive and half create

Following up on last week's post and video of the The McGurk Effect, it would...

October 06, 2011

The McGurk Effect

Rich Shipe, longtime reader and commenter on this blog, referred to this video in a...

September 2011

September 16, 2011

“See how dumb I am” moments

Jennifer Rubin is a conservative. But she is sick and tired of Republican candidates and...

August 2011

August 25, 2011

Philosophical counselors

Psychiatrists medicalize personal problems, while psychologists apply the social sciences. Now there are counselors who...

August 18, 2011

Normalizing “minor-attracted persons”

First we accept homosexuality, some social conservatives said, and next we'll accept pedophilia. If we...

August 11, 2011

Anonymity and temptation

The young rioters in England wear hoods and masks to hide their identities. British authorities...

July 2011

July 11, 2011

Pushing back against “born this way”

Postmodernists are opposed to "essentialism," the notion that ANYTHING is innate or predetermined. Thus I...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

The sociology of the gay marriage debate

Australian Frank Furedi, a professor of sociology at the University of Kent, looks at the...