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According to the Daily Telegraph , China is planning to create the world’s biggest mega city by merging nine cities to create a metropolis that is bigger than New Jersey, Hawaii, and Rhode Island combined: The “Turn The Pearl River Delta Into One” scheme will create a 16,000 sq . . . . Continue Reading »

Charlotte Shane is the pen name of a young woman who, as she says, writes “honestly about my life as a prostitute on a modestly trafficked blog.” Although Shane claims she doesn’t glamorize her profession or revel in “sensasionalist hype”, she has numerous young . . . . Continue Reading »

At the end of his speech last night, President Obama said, “And tonight, more than two centuries later, it’s because of our people that our future is hopeful, our journey goes forward, and the state of our union is strong.” If you were surprised to hear that the union is strong . . . . Continue Reading »

Young athletes are often encouraged by their coaches to give 110 percent effort in every game. But what happens when they actually do their best and have a modicum of talent? They are chastised for exhibiting unsportsmanlike conduct . It’s been called unsportsmanlike. It’s been called . . . . Continue Reading »

Not every person is a human being, but is every human being a person? Examples abound of non-human persons: Christians believe that the Godhead consists of “three Persons of one substance”; U.S. Supreme Court justices have ruled that corporations are “artificial persons”; fans of Star Trek argue that androids like Data and aliens like Spock are all (fictional) persons; and the Spanish Parliament even ruled that great apes are “legal persons.” … Continue Reading »

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In his annual message for the World Day of Social Communications , Pope Benedict expressed an appreciation for social media, though he warns against “enclosing oneself in a sort of parallel existence, or excessive exposure to the virtual world.” In the digital world, transmitting . . . . Continue Reading »

Bible Gateway produced a statistical analysis of the the most-searched Bible verses. The top ten, listed in reverse order, are: 10.) Matthew 28:19: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” 9.) . . . . Continue Reading »

A forthcoming study in the American Journal of Political Science , women are the most effective lawmakers in the land : The research is the first to compare the performance of male and female politicians nationally, and it finds that female members of the House rout their male counterparts in both . . . . Continue Reading »

Richard Beck, a professor and experimental psychologist at Abilene Christian University, has written a lengthy and serious theological examination of the greatest comic strip in history : Unlike Peanuts , Calvin and Hobbes is not overtly religious which exacerbates the question. So let me give an . . . . Continue Reading »