The media grownups exploiting Levi Johnston are doing a bad thing. When I was growing up and making some pretty big mistakes, there were grownups who took me aside and told me not to be a fool. They had mercy on me and showed me a better way to live. They certainly did not play on my sinful desires . . . . Continue Reading »
In the spirit of “me too! me too!” and “oh, can I play?” I’d like to throw in my own two cents and tag along with Jared and Joe on this whole Halloween thing. Here’s a re-post of something I had on my Jollyblogger blog way back in October of 2005, with a few . . . . Continue Reading »
The collapse of sacred order in Europe during the World Wars left many of Europe’s surviving Jewish intellectuals to stake their theory and practice on the future of the United States and Israel. Communism, of course, opened its arms to secular Jews from the outset, but fascism tormented the . . . . Continue Reading »
It occurs to me that of the major Western holidays, Halloween is the only one that originated with Christendom but got handed over to the pagans. Did we trade it in for the holidays of theirs we redeemed and turned into Christmas and Easter?I’d say that’s a fair enough trade, but I think . . . . Continue Reading »
When it is pointed out that the media and academy are skewed to one type of idealogical persuasion, everyone shrugs. But as Mark Bauerlein of the Chronicle of Higher Education points out, the research shows liberal bias is of exactly the same kind, uses the same methods, and holds the same . . . . Continue Reading »
Every autumn Christians throughout North America engage in hand-wringing disputes over what to do about Halloween. The discussions tend to reflect in microcosm how we interact with overtly secular aspects on a larger scale. Should we separate and stand apart, becoming a witness by our disengagement . . . . Continue Reading »
A number of posts recently have been touching on the subject of e-Church or having a virtual parish community.Virtual worship services lack the following features: Sacrifice —- A the fundamental aspect of liturgy is sacrifice. The service is our offering to God and part of that sacrifice . . . . Continue Reading »
The transcript of my interview with Benjamin Wiker (who wrote Ten Books that Screwed Up the World) of To the Source is up. We talk about my book The End of Secularism.Here’s a clip where I answer Wiker’s question as to whether I am calling Christians to be anti-secular . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, now: In an apparent acknowledgment that adult stem cell research is moving much more swiftly toward clinical application than embryonic, the CIRM is putting most of this year’s cache of taxpayers’ borrowed money into adult stem cell research. The New York Times has noticed. . . . . Continue Reading »
Sarah Flashing challenged the supposed fairness of our critics. Malkin challenged the social justice (in this case media justice) movement and its supposed fairness. These words, to many readers and listeners, sound perfectly reasonable. But is there more? . . . . Continue Reading »
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