Football fans like me (How ‘bout them Cowboys?) like to think the sport is more action-packed than more boring games, like golf or soccer. But research shows that minute-for-minute a Beckett play has more action than an NFL game : According to a Wall Street Journal study of four recent . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the primary benefits I hope SHS provides is a real time history of the issues and controversies we discuss here. The Danny Glover foot in mouth nonsense about the earth reacting to the failure of Copenhagen brought two such stories to mind from our archives. First, trying to stop . . . . Continue Reading »
My take on race, Reid, and the politics of meaning is up now at the Guardian . Snip: In a panic over the chance to unseat Senator Reid, the GOP is in danger of making permanent our misbegotten descent into the crackpot belief that racial symbolism is more real than our actual race relations. . . . . Continue Reading »
If this pastor says “Allah” everyone knows he is a . . . . Continue Reading »
While most First Things’ readers won’t be surprised by the claim that the Hebrew language was used during the period of King David’s reign, this is still an interesting and significant archaeological corroboration : A breakthrough in the research of the Hebrew scriptures has shed . . . . Continue Reading »
Journalist Michael Kinsley once said that, “A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.” Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley recently committed such a gaffe by telling the truth about what the Democratic Party stands for. In a radio interview this week Coakley said that . . . . Continue Reading »
Not to be simple minded, but since Christians in the Middle East have been using “Allah” for centuries before there was Islam (what other word could they have used?), why are we worried about its use here?Is this a bit like being worried that English speakers are not worshipping Jesus, . . . . Continue Reading »
Check out FT senior editor David P. Goldman discussing the tough state of the U.S. economy on yesterday’s Kudlow Report: . . . . Continue Reading »
We all sighed and shook our heads at Pat Robertson’s ridiculous assertion that the Haiti earthquake was caused because the brave slaves who rebelled against France back in the 19th Century had “made a pact with the devil.” But we should be just as dismissive of Danny Glover, . . . . Continue Reading »
Over on the Evangel blog, Kevin DeYoung has one of the most offensive posts I’ve ever read: Offendedness is just about the last shared moral currency in our country. And, I’m sorry, but it’s really annoying. We don’t discuss ideas or debate arguments, we try to figure out who . . . . Continue Reading »
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