I went undercover to find out why people do CrossFit
Nico Lang, The Daily Dot
Grace Happens
Aaron Canipe, The Morning News
The Lost Days of El Texano
Katy Vine, Texas Monthly
If A Jewish Girl Falls Into The East River
Cameron Dezen Hammon, Killing the Buddha
AP: Parts Of Irish ‘Mass Graves’ Story Exaggerated By Media
Scott Neuman, NPR
On a recent visit to my sister’s house, I asked my two-year-old niece if she wanted to watch the movie Frozen. I figured it was time to bite the bullet and watch what some have hailed as the greatest movie of the 21st century. I am now unashamedly a fan. Whereas I initially introduced the topic into conversation with a preamble about how my niece had foisted the film upon me, I’ve since begun admitting that the opposite is closer to the truth. I think she may have even wandered off after a few minutes. Continue Reading »
Perhaps the politicization of the IRS was inevitable. In any event, the agency is now completely out of control and has become an active threat to the integrity of our political system and the liberty and privacy of the American people. Continue Reading »
My Train-Hopping Odyssey Through the American West
Ted Conover, Outside
Sleazy, Bloody and Surprisingly Smart: In Defense of True Crime
Laura Miller, Salon
Vatican Cricket Team to Go Head-to-Head with Anglican Rivals on UK Tour
John Hooper, The Guardian
The Vanishing Jews of Antiquity
Adele Reinhartz, Marginalia
Sundance’s Rectify, Perhaps the Most Quiet Drama on TV, Is Truly Christian Art
Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture
Did the “Protestant Future” hubbub leave you longing for an Evangelical Catholic Church? It already exists. It’s called Lutheranism. Continue Reading »
A recent article in Christianity Today about Confucianism and Christianity in China called to mind the time several years ago when I taught an introductory class on Christian theology to recent Chinese converts to Christianity. Continue Reading »
Malaysian court has denied a newspaper of the Roman Catholic Church the right to refer to God as “Allah.” Continue Reading »
Nepal’s living goddess who still has to do homework
Sonia Narang, BBC News
For Muslims, Howard Gordon’s ‘Tyrant’ Is a Step in the Right Direction
Dean Obeidallah, Daily Beast
And Gladly Learn
Abigail Lavin, The Weekly Standard
James Joyce’s Untamable Power
James Longenbach, The Nation
Rebellion Vs. Conformity in ‘We Are the Best!’
Eve Tushnet, The American Spectator
Pope Francis opened an academic conference in Rome last week with a statement on religious liberty and the persecution of Christians. He reflected on the place of religious liberty in Catholic thought and decried religious discrimination across the world, particularly against Christians. Continue Reading »
Looks Like Kafka, Plays Like A Dream
Karl Ove Knausgaard, The New Republic
Their Blood Cries Out
Mark Noll, Books & Culture
Iraqi Christians Flee Homes Amid Militant Push
Diaa Hadid, ABC News
Fortune’s Child
Lewis H. Lapham, Lapham’s Quarterly
The Leopard
James Meek, London Review of Books
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