Jesus and Mary key covers:I was going to say: Because Christians have keys, too. But, Sally, these are from Urban Outfitters, which suggests something—though I’m not quite sure what.Urban Outfitters is sort of Yuppie Hipsterdom, right? Like Pottery Barn: a chain store of hip stuff for the . . . . Continue Reading »
Over in Slate , Jacob Weisberg writes a piece about how Obama’s insanities in foreign policy derive from his sane desire to be the anti-Bush. Bush, you see, was so bad that he’s still making Obama make mistakes. The evil of Bush was so evil that, in recoiling from it, the righteous . . . . Continue Reading »
Theologian Carl Trueman proposes Trueman’s Second Law : In any exchange of views, sooner or later one or more of the participants will describe themselves as hurt or in pain as a result of somebody else’s comment; and at that point it is clear that they have lost the real debate. I . . . . Continue Reading »
Obama, the candidate (June 2008) : “And Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided.” The Obama Administration (July 2009) : “The United States views East Jerusalem as no different than an illegal West Bank outpost with regard to its demand for a . . . . Continue Reading »
Slate’s Will Saletan has an essay in today’s New York Times Book Review, and it is of a species that always drives me a little around the corner. He writes that our organs will soon either be viewed as a commodity or an asset of the commons, depending on whether we go . . . . Continue Reading »
Robert P. George, a member of First Things ’ editorial board, published an op-ed piece in this morning’s Wall Street Journal . It concerns the issue of same-sex marriage and the courts. Here is an excerpt: We are in the midst of a showdown over the legal definition of marriage. Though . . . . Continue Reading »
Houston Baptist University publishes this wonderful new periodical called The CIty . (Full disclosure: I am one of its advisory editors). In the Winter 2008 issue, Matthew Lee Anderson , published an insightful essay, “The New Evangelical Scandal.” My good friend, Professor John Mark . . . . Continue Reading »
A canonical Jewish joke tells of the Jewish family in the old country many years ago that invites a poor man to Sabbath dinner. The hostess brings out a dish of smoked whitefish, and the poor man proceeds to wolf it down. Chagrined, the hostess says, “You know, whitefish is very . . . . Continue Reading »
This isn’t about the legality of abortion, but whether they should be paid for on the public’s dime. Right now, it isn’t—not even under Medicaid. But if the Dems have their way, abortion will be covered by the “public” insurance “option”—and . . . . Continue Reading »
A shower curtain for the faithful:and another, more crusadery:For I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.And Christians need shower curtains, too.[Rating: 15 out of . . . . Continue Reading »
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