Trevin Wax has a list of biblical or historical “facts” that you may have heard from the pulpit that happen to not be true: 1. The “eye of the needle” refers to a gate outside Jerusalem. “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew Franck is surprised by the reaction he is receiving to his defense of traditional marriage: After publishing articles recently in the Washington Post and First Things , both arguing that the defenders of conjugal marriage between a man and a woman should not be tarred as irrational bigots, . . . . Continue Reading »
Bullying is being purged from college campuses, says David Hacker, in a blog post dated yesterday. At first it sounds a lot like what my parents taught me: treat others civilly. But there’s a twist there:As USA Today reports, “civility” policies and programs are cropping up at . . . . Continue Reading »
File this in the Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place File: We are destroying our economy with by giving into global warming hysteria. The Obama Adm. guaranteed a whopping federal loan guarantee of $2.1 billion to put a big solar power project in the Mojave Desert—which Jerry . . . . Continue Reading »
Baby Joseph is home, and apparently not as unconscious as the London hospital representative stated. From the story:Baby Joseph napping at home in his crib on Easter Sunday is all the proof his father needs that his Ontario doctors were wrong. Only months ago, the fate of 15-month-old Joseph . . . . Continue Reading »
Although they are the official state mascot of my beloved Texas, I’ve never liked armadillos. Now I have a good reason to despise the nasty creatures: They are a source of leprosy infections in humans. Using genetic sequencing machines, researchers were able to confirm that about a third of . . . . Continue Reading »
Eric Barker pointed out an interesting study titled ” Who Bene?ts from Religion? ” [PDF] From the abstract: Many studies have documented the benefits of religious involvement. Indeed, highly religious people tend to be healthier, live longer, and have higher levels of subjective . . . . Continue Reading »
We will be screening Walker Percy: A Documentary Film at Houston Baptist University tomorrow night. I’ll be giving a brief introduction to Percy before the film and would love to meet any fellow readers of First Things . The screening is free and open to the public. It begins at 8:30 p.m. in . . . . Continue Reading »
Front page story in today’s SF Chronicle: “UCSF Taking Closer Look at ‘Calorie Restrictors.” From the story (no link until Saturday):Trent Arensault has eaten the same breakfast, lunch and dinner for the past four or five years: a fruit smoothie in the morning, a spinach . . . . Continue Reading »
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