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I apologize that things have been a little slow here over the past couple days....

July 2011

July 28, 2011

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Destructive Power of Politically Correct Intentions

A first-rate essay at Philanthropy Daily reports on a book from New York Times reporter...

July 27, 2011

Farewell, John Stott

InterVarsity Press released the following: World-Renowned Evangelical Leader John Stott Dies Westmont, IL -- John...

July 27, 2011

Anders Breivik as a Pragmatic Agnostic

Stephen Prothero writes at CNN that when ideas accomplish positive change, we speak of the...

July 26, 2011

Guest Post: Louis IX, Richard the Lionheart Welcome Renaming the Crusades as "Cru"

And now for something completely different. Let it be noted that we've published pieces (for...

July 26, 2011

Morning Links: Obama's Crumbling Base, Rod Dreher, Andrew Ferguson, Scot McKnight, and Higher Education

In the News 1. "New Polls Confirm Obama's Democratic Base Crumbles." Michael Warren comments. 2....

July 25, 2011

Was Anders Breivik Really a Christian?

What do we do with the fact that Anders Behring Breivik -- the perpetrator of...

July 25, 2011

Morning Links: Anders Breivik, "Sister Wives," Amy Winehouse, and the Beach Boys

In the News 1. The attack in Norway was horrific, with an explosion in town...

July 18, 2011

Are Conservative States Better Weathering the Storm?: The Morning Report

Note: I am traveling most of this week, but will do my best to maintain...

July 17, 2011

What's Causing the American System to Fall Apart

I don't agree with all of her recommendations -- I think she shows a little...

July 15, 2011

Neville Longbottom, Barack Obama, Rick Perry, Nikki Haley, Joy Behar, and Jim Wallis: The Morning Report

Friday Morning Palate Cleanser: I don't typically link to gossip articles, but...Pretty amazing that of...

July 14, 2011

Obama, the Arab World, Obese Children, Another Christian Kerfuffle, and Bristol's Memoir: The Morning Report

In the News 1. I've been relatively pessimistic about Republican chances in 2012, but a...

July 13, 2011

Debt Ceiling, Dan Savage, China on Human Rights, Singer and Lennox Debate, and More Mahaney – The Morning Report, 7/13/11

In the News 1. To those who enjoy following the inside-baseball of the debt-ceiling wheeling...

July 12, 2011

2008 was "Change"; will 2012 be "Change it Back"? — The Morning Report, 7/12/11

In the News 1. James Pethokoukis on what will, I'm quite sure, be the central...

July 11, 2011

What Ever Happened to Wisdom?

I planned to write a piece today on the institution of marriage, but I'm attending...

July 11, 2011

Morning Report: The World Cup Women, More on Casey Anthony, Palin, Bachmann, and the Vanishing Black Middle Class

Palate Cleanser: If you missed it, check out the US women's astonishing win over Brazil...

July 08, 2011

Is the Institution of Marriage Really Crumbling?

I recently wrote a piece entitled "Three Red Herrings in the Gay Marriage Debate." A...

July 08, 2011

A Sunday Funnies Preview: I Love Cats, the Musical!

[Update: Yes, I realize this video may be fake. But it's hilarious regardless, and the...

July 08, 2011

Daily Trinity: Scottish Pipes, Jobs Down, Atlanta Cheating Up, Robert Schuller, and C. J. Mahaney

Morning Palate Cleanser: 14-year-old Brendan MacFarlane, Scottish boy with pipes, sings Gospel and Country. Here he...

July 07, 2011

Her Blood Cries Out: Casey Anthony, Caylee, and the Justice of God

"Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground." -- Genesis 4:10 She was,...

July 03, 2011

Sunday Funnies, July 3, 2011

1. The Year of the Beard: 2. NEWS YOU CAN USE. Our long national nightmare,...

July 02, 2011

The Week in Lists: Signs You're a Snob, What Not to Say, Most Patriotic Movies, Top 10 Trump Failures, etc

1. Ten Signs You're a Snob. 2. Ten Things You Should Never, Ever Say 3....

June 2011

June 29, 2011

Christian Curmudgeon Condemns "Go the F*** to Sleep"

I'm not a prude. I swear. I was raised in a devout but non-legalistic home....

June 28, 2011

Is Homosexuality Voluntary?

Note: This is part of a series on Christianity and Homosexuality. See the introduction and first and...

June 27, 2011

Monday Funny

This was too late to make the Sunday Funnies for last week, but some things...

June 26, 2011

The Lessons of Eddie Long

From my recent Religion Notebook in World Magazine: Eight months ago, New Birth Missionary Baptist...

June 26, 2011

Sunday Funnies: Harvard Class Day Edition

0. Teacher does Meth with schoolchildren. 1. Matthew Paul Turner's "A Letter to Christianity (From...

June 25, 2011

The Obedient Wives Club

The Obedient Wives Club was founded about a month ago in Malaysia, where it attracted...

June 25, 2011

The Week in Lists

0. Patheos columnist Robert Crosby on "Five Reasons We Don't Tell Each Other the Truth."...

June 14, 2011

Update on Mitt and Mormonism

I had promised to finish my series on Mitt Romney and Mormonism today, but last...

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