Extroverted Evangelicals can drive introverts away, observes a Presbyterian minister in Introverts in America . And worse: Even more dangerous is the tendency of evangelical churches to unintentionally exalt extroverted qualities as the “ideals” of faithfulness. Too often . . . . Continue Reading »
President Obama promised transparency and improved democratic responsiveness, but has delivered nothing but obfuscation and prevarication in governance, at least when it comes to Obamacare. Few examples more vividly illustrate this anti accountability approach than the sorry history of . . . . Continue Reading »
“It’s as if he’s trying to spread his personal chronic sickness of Anhedonia,” is Mary Rose Somarriba’s judgment of Woody Allen’s latest movies. Writing in The Grim Reaper of Comedy , today’s “On the Square” article, she argues that his movies . . . . Continue Reading »
Two weeks ago we listed the best magazine covers of the decade. This week I present the best (or at least a close contender) for each decade from 1920 to today: The New Yorker (1926) Ever since their launch in 1925, The New Yorker has set the standard for magazine cover art. Boys Life (1931) This . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s confusing yet strangely gratifying all at the same time. We live in a culture that is moving further and further from the exclusive claims of Christianity yet almost equally—and inconsistently—holds select passages in the Bible in high regard. They hold forth as though they . . . . Continue Reading »
The arrogance and hubris of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine has grown—one would not have thought it possible—even more pronounced. We Californians, who are borrowing to pay for their high salaries and other fat cat ways, even though California has become Greece . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the rules for our small town’s park reads: “Persons engaging in horseplay and/or using foul language without regard for the safety of others will be expelled from the park.” It’s wonderful to find a town that recognizes profanity as dangerous. . . . . Continue Reading »
Having lived in SF at the height of the AIDS catastrophe, and seen vividly and at first hand and very close up in volunteer activities the devastation HIV causes, this story shatters my heart. One in five gay and bisexual men living in American cities are infected with HIV, with an overall infection . . . . Continue Reading »
I was enjoying the sharp and angular writing at Taki’s Magazine, an online journal that offers delicious little appetizers, or as the website puts it “Cocktails, Countesses & Mental Caviar”. Yes, caviar—tasty and salty. In a fun, rambling piece about . . . well, about lots . . . . Continue Reading »
Classics scholar and translator Sarah Ruden explains what she learned when reading St. Paul against the classics . For example, “there’s a single civilization, and it moves toward greater idealism . . . . You have all these philosophies arising from the ancient world as educated people . . . . Continue Reading »
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