Joe Carter

A study by USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism confirms what anyone who uses the Internet already know: Internet users want everything for free . Millions of Americans use Twitter — just don’t ask any of them to pay for it. The annual study of the impact of the . . . . Continue Reading »

A recent poll found that forty percent of evangelical leaders said they “socially drink alcohol.” Science has now discovered why the other sixty percent are teetotalers: they’re busy praying.A recent study supports an interesting approach to curbing alcohol consumption: regular . . . . Continue Reading »

The Public Religion Research Institute recently released a poll examining religous-based attitudes about same-sex marriage among Californians. The findings are disappointing, though not particularly surprising. Here are some excerpts from the summary of poll findings : •If another vote similar . . . . Continue Reading »

After reading David B. Hart’s essay on baseball,  A Perfect Game , Adam Omelianchuk attended a game—and remembered the game is less than perfect than described : There was much to be thankful for and Hart’s mediations swept over me as if the perfect Platonic Forms were bleeding . . . . Continue Reading »

A recent poll found that forty percent of evangelical leaders said they ” socially drink alcohol .” Science has now discovered why the other sixty percent are teetotalers: they’re busy praying . A recent study supports an interesting approach to curbing alcohol consumption: . . . . Continue Reading »

At ThinkProgress, the website of the liberal Center for American Progress Action Fund, Matthew Yglesias made an eyebrow-raising assertion about America’s founding principles: The United States was founded fairly explicitly on a set of liberal ideals—pragmatic egalitarian cosmopolitan . . . . Continue Reading »

1. Facebook as a Nation-State The world’s largest social network announced that it had reached 500m members on Wednesday July 21st. If Facebook were a physical nation, it would now be the third-most populous on earth. And if the service continues to grow as rapidly as in the three months to . . . . Continue Reading »

Rod Dreher, one of my all-time favorite bloggers, recently took a job as the editor of the Templeton Foundation’s new webzine, Big Questions Online . The new site “aims to ask and explore the Big Questions of human purpose and ultimate reality, with a focus on science, religion, markets, . . . . Continue Reading »

When I saw Frank Lockwood noting that a dog had been given communion at Anglican Church in Canada (” An unbaptized dog, to make matters worse. “) my first thought was, “What are those crazy Anglicans up to now . . . ” According to those in attendance at the historical church . . . . Continue Reading »

Every man does not need to know how to tie a bow tie. Let’s get that clear up front. I don’t know why it is on every “Things a Man Should Know How to Do” list but it’s simply not true. If you have a reason to wear a bow tie (e.g., you’re going to prom, your name is George Will) then you . . . . Continue Reading »