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Richard John Neuhaus once defined Neuhaus’ Law as “Where orthodoxy is optional, orthodoxy will sooner or later be proscribed.” Some otherwise bright people have indicated their puzzlement with that axiom but it seems to me, well, axiomatic. Orthodoxy, no matter how politely . . . . Continue Reading »

“Find the good and praise it,” was the motto of novelist Alex Haley—and advice that I wish I would follow. Instead, I have tendency—like most pundits—of finding the bad and lamenting it. That is especially true when it comes to pop culture. The opportunities for . . . . Continue Reading »

He was an aristocratic Brit, kidnapped by pirates at the age of sixteen and sent to Ireland where he was sold into slavery. Six years later he escapes, becomes a priest, returns to Ireland, and faces off against hordes of Druids. Because of his work, thousands of Irish pagans came to know Christ . . . . Continue Reading »

And then there were 32. [caption id=”attachment_14086” align=”alignright” width=”150” caption=”Click to Download Round 2 Brackets”] [/caption] After a brutal round of upsets, blowouts, and close calls we have narrowed our list of 64 in half. . . . . Continue Reading »

Do Top 100 Books polls and charts agree on a set of classics? To find out, David McCandless scraped the results of more than a dozen notable book polls, readers surveys, and top 100 lists. He then used a simple frequency analysis on the gathered titles to create a ‘consensus cloud’ . . . . Continue Reading »

John Dyer’s article on how social media changed theological debate touches on one of the reasons I’m generally hesitant to write about theology: Throughout the history of public theological debate, there was one constant—those debates only took place between a few select . . . . Continue Reading »

If you were asked to name the technologies whose proliferation inadvertently threatens the human race, what would you include? Landmines? Assault rifles? Nuclear warheads? Add this one to your list: the sonogram machine. The widespread use of sonogram technology”coupled with liberal abortion laws”has made it easier than ever for women to identify the sex of their child so that those without a Y chromosome can be killed before they’re even born. … Continue Reading »

Are you missing out on the NCAA Basketball tournament because you’re reading Kristin Lavransdatter ? Have you ever argued with friends about the merits of Ender’s Game versus Starship Troopers ? Then this tournament is for you. Sixty-four novels compete in a six round competition to . . . . Continue Reading »

The art market (circa 2010) sounds eerily similar to the bond market (pre-2008): In September of 2008, the British artist Damien Hirst sold a collection of his own artwork at Sotheby’s. The two-day sale, entitled “Beautiful Inside My Head Forever,” consisted entirely of Hirst’s . . . . Continue Reading »