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March 2012

March 27, 2012

Mimi Chakarova, on sex trafficking

From CNN: And after all, this human trafficking phenomenon isn't a new criminal trend. It's...

March 17, 2012

Are we in a moral decline?

Kris and I have been away for a week for Spring Break, so no Weekly...

March 04, 2012

Christian Colleges and Racial Diversity

It's Sunday. On Sunday the church celebrates its Lord, and it also celebrates together --...

March 02, 2012

The Death Penalty

Most humans conceive of the death penalty in legal terms. That is, whether one if...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

Evidence Screaming Reconsideration

Did you see this from CNN.com? To what end? What have we accomplished? By Larry...

February 29, 2012

Religious Freedom: Under Assault?

Evangelicals and Catholics Together, a well-known attempt to find common ground without whisking away differences,...

February 20, 2012

Independent, but Dependent

From Binyamin Appelbaum and Robert Gebeloff: There is little poverty here in Chisago County, northeast...

February 18, 2012

Kids and Desks No Longer Fit

What to do? CNN.com: Children of this generation have exceeded the growth charts used in...

February 16, 2012

NYC Churches — in schools — new development

From NYTimes by Andy Newman: Updated, 2:27 p.m. | Churches that are fighting to continue to...

February 11, 2012

Spanking Hurts Kids

From Time by Bonnie Rochman: Want your kid to stop whatever dangerous/annoying/forbidden behavior he’s doing...

February 09, 2012

Sex Trafficking Heroes

By Eric Marrapodi: Greensboro, North Carolina (CNN) —The truck-stop hooker is no Julia Roberts, the...

February 08, 2012

Wearing the Cross

In the UK there is some dispute over the admissibility of wearing a cross in...

February 07, 2012

Our Laws are Colliding

This is a serious issue, but it is also an example of how our laws...

February 03, 2012

Depression and Work Hours

From Tamara Cohen: Workers who spend long hours at the office are more than twice...

January 2012

January 29, 2012

Roofin’ It!

Love it... gardening on rooftops.

January 27, 2012

Intelligent Political (Meta)Commentary

From the NYTimes by Nate Silver: During the Republican nominating contest, competing paradigms have arisen...

January 26, 2012

Our Cultural Divide

Charles Murray, in his WSJonline piece, observes the new cultural divides. (But I have to...

January 23, 2012

The “Forgiveness Card”

Roland Martin excoriates GOP-evangelicalism for abandoning family values in endorsing Newt Gingrich. [Martin's points here...

January 22, 2012

Obama, Religious Institutions, and Birth Control

From Time.com by Rachel Zoll: Workplace health plans will have to cover all forms of...

January 18, 2012

David Neff Nails It!

I love this piece by David Neff: The 150 evangelical leaders who met behind closed doors...

January 17, 2012

Pardons, Forgiveness and America’s Justice

A Christian governor, Haley Barbour, pardoned a bundle of criminals and he did so on...

January 16, 2012

Doing your Crossword puzzles yet?

From Christine Scheller, on geriatric depression and warning signs: When The High Calling interviewed Dr....

January 16, 2012

The Dream of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Here's the text of Martin Luther King's famous speech/sermon/address in Washington DC. I remember watching...

January 14, 2012

Gary Bauer’s Religious Test

From USAToday: Gary Bauer, who once sought the Republican presidential nomination, is president of American...

January 12, 2012

Barna Backs Gingrich

From Barna's FB page: I [George Barna] am honored to announce that I have accepted...

January 12, 2012

GOP, Science, Technology Ratings

By Nicholas Thompson, who ranks the GOP candidates on the basis of their stances on...

January 11, 2012

The Fantastic Vincente Fox

By Dean Nelson: Vicente Fox and his classmates wanted their 10-year college reunion to be...

January 08, 2012

Santorum and Faith

Dan Gilgoff and Eric Marrapodi at CNN.com: But the hotel Mass, and Santorum’s apparent placidity...

January 06, 2012

Doctors in Trouble

From CNN: The issue here is not just "why" but "so what": and the so-what...

January 06, 2012

Pacifism 4 (by T)

For those who don't know, "T" is a first name of a regular reader, commenter...