John was the man that stayed and hanging around with Jesus changed his life.Many men wanted to follow Jesus until the Teacher said some hard things. Jesus demanded people think, but most men just wanted Him to provide bread and edutainment.John saw people look for easy answers and miss Jesus.A few . . . . Continue Reading »
A typical “Benedictine” day: The Pope’s day begins at 7 a.m. with Mass; one hour later breakfast is served. At 9 a.m. the Pope goes into his private study, the one where he recites the Angelus prayer every Sunday, speaking from the window overlooking St. Peter’s Square. He . . . . Continue Reading »
I have said that the source of some, perhaps much, of the irrational, seething hatred on the Left for Sarah Palin was her decision to give birth to Trig (who has Down syndrome) and openly love him unconditionally. (This isn’t the same thing as believing she isn’t of presidential . . . . Continue Reading »
Growing up attending the “First Church of Hellfire and Damnation,” Joe Carter recounts that it wasn’t easy to warm up to Catholics, but the example of John Paul II quickly changed that. In today’s column he points to areas in which Evangelicals can learn something from . . . . Continue Reading »
Sign of the Times of the Day: In California public schools, students are required to learn about black history and women’s history. And if a bill approved by the State Senate this week becomes law, the state will become the first in the country to mandate that schools also teach gay history. . . . . Continue Reading »
The front page headline in the New York Times deflects the point: “Panel to Curb Medicare Costs Meets Bipartisan Opposition.” An uninformed person might wonder why anyone would be opposed to a panel that would help control costs.Because this “panel” is the Medicare . . . . Continue Reading »
English is now the language of science, diplomacy, business, and the Internet. Thank you, William Shakespeare: So what accounts for the global dominance of the English language? The political and economic supremacy of England and the United States is just the beginning of the explanation. For it . . . . Continue Reading »
Last week , reading Donald Luskin’s Journal op-ed on Ayn Rand, I was deeply shocked and saddened by this sentence: Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) insists that all his staffers read “Atlas Shrugged.” Guess what? Turns out it’s not true! This morning, Ben Domenech - having seen the . . . . Continue Reading »
Forty years ago, biologist E.O. Wilson helped to champion kin selection theory, the idea that an organism trying to pass its genes down to future generations can do so indirectly, by helping a relative to survive and procreate. Now he’s changed his mind. “Kin selection is wrong,” . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, I’m against it. Thanks to John, by the way, for a fascinating, If self-indulgent in the good way, post. . . . . Continue Reading »
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