Joe Carter

William Safire, the inimitable wordsmith and pundit, died yesterday at the age of seventy-nine . To younger generations, Safire is most well-known for the three decades’ worth of columns he wrote for the New York Times . But before he was a columnist, he was a speechwriter for the Nixon . . . . Continue Reading »

After my last post on Glenn Beck I told myself I wouldn’t bother mentioning him again on this blog. There isn’t much I could add to the criticisms—from the left, right, and center—that have been made against him in the last few weeks. His recent comments have shown that . . . . Continue Reading »

Art historian Henry Adams contends that Pollock created Mural around his name , discernible as camouflaged letters and explains what it might mean: Pollock’s possibly writing his name in Mural testifies to an overlooked feature of his works: they have a structure, contrary to the popular . . . . Continue Reading »

The latest issue of Wired Gregg Easterbrook has an brief article on why we should ” Embrace Human Cloning .” To call it an argument would be overly generous—Easterbrook is only given the space to compile a series of loose assertions. Still, such outrageous claims should not stand . . . . Continue Reading »

On Friday afternoons no one wants to read another blog post about heath care reform or Iranian nuclear programs or how the nadir of Western Civilization is to be reached this afternoon at 3:32 P.M . Those things can wait till Monday. Friday afternoons are a good time (well, as good a time as . . . . Continue Reading »

Christianity Today reviews David Bentley Hart’s Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies : Much of Atheist Delusions reminds readers of the importance of remembering what Christianity has done for us—not just for the believer in personal salvation, but . . . . Continue Reading »

Loans and Credit calculates the U.S. government’s credit score based on FICO criteria . (Via: Challies.com ) . . . . Continue Reading »

Sacred Heart University’s third annual “Trust and Satisfaction with the National News Media Survey” finds that the news source that people trust most is Fox News. The least trusted news source? Also, Fox News. It may not be fair but the results—30.0% trust, 26.2% . . . . Continue Reading »

If you need another reason to appreciate America, consider that our criminals are, as a general rule, rather dull and dumb. That seems preferable to Sweden where the supercriminals are wickedly smart and exhibit an excess of panache . STOCKHOLM — With cinematic flourish, the masked robbers . . . . Continue Reading »

For the past few years my friend David Wayne (aka, Jollyblogger ) has been a winsome model of the pastor-blogger. I’ve learned a lot from him and assumed I’d be reading his work for decades. But then last Christmas he discovered—at the age of forty-five—that he has stage four . . . . Continue Reading »