I know, I know. August is a bit late for the release of a "summer reading list." I can only plead necessity. I divide my reading into three major cate...
Podcast Transcript 1) Congress drops abortion bill, providing lesson in pervasive sinfulness of humanity Abortion bill dropped amid concerns of female GOP lawmakers, Washington Post (Ed O’Keefe) House Approves Bill That Would Bar Federal Fu ...
G. K. Chesterton once wisely remarked that "there is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to read." It may be true that readers can be divided into these two categories -- those who ...
1) How does a seminary student balance training for ministry with doing ministry? 2) How do we distinguish between suffering for Jesus and suffering for being foolish or annoying? 3) Should Christians partake in Harry Potter? What is the differ ...
1) Should Christians shelter young children from homosexual friends and relatives? 2) What are your thoughts about J.R.R. Tolkien's writings and who is your favorite character? 3) Which preacher or theologian has had the most profound impact on ...
In times past, readers kept books in which they recorded favorite items from their reading. These "commonplace books" were sometimes later collected, offering a view into the mind and habits of the reader even as the thoughts of the original writers ...
1) 50 years after JFK assassination, American memory remains vivid, tragic, and intense The JFK we had and the memory that lives, Washington Post (George F. Will) 2) A man of conviction and ideas - Has C.S. Lewis had greater and more long-stan ...
1) Has the Nobel Peace Prize's prestige been tarnished by politicization? A Wishful Peace Prize, Wall Street Journal (Editorial) 2) When you read Alice Munro, you don't just read the story of people, but civilization Alice Munro Wins Nobel ...
1. Washington DC legalizes gender change on birth certificate without surgery Making it easier for transgender people to get new birth certificates, Los Angeles Times (Alexei Koseff) 2. Print media in US in trouble as several major publications ...
Serious readers tend to read by season. A worthy book is ripe for the reading in any season, but winter seems to privilege the weightier volumes over those that seem to be more easily set aside for reading in a more opportune season. Summer is that s ...
1. Controversies embroil President Obama and threaten his agenda Controversies Threaten President's Agenda, Wall Street Journal (Peter Nicholas and Janet Hook) A Brief History of IRS Political Targeting, Wall Street Journal (James Bovard) 2. ...
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