Going to see the new movie Captain Phillips was a case of massive film déjà vu. No, this is not because I was recently on a boat that was taken …
Category: Society
The Lavabit Shutdown and its Implications for American Liberty
Contributor Samuel Mantravadi believes that the FBI has overreached in its latest attempt at using technology to track down a potential criminal. Ladar Levison is somewhat of a hero these …
Classical Music Isn’t Dead – It’s on the Big Screen
Word on the street is that classical music is dying out. Sales for classical recordings are plunging, attendance at many concerts is on the decline, and it is getting harder …
The Hard Life of an American Christian
When we recently began a study of the book of Esther at my church, our pastor attempted to make a connection between his audience and the characters in the story …
Thank God Heaven Is Not Like America
Right now, you are probably attempting to guess just how I am going to favorably compare Heaven to America. Which aspect of American society am I going to say is …
Mythbusters: SEC Football Edition
My readers are most likely familiar with the television show Mythbusters, which takes a claim that is generally believed to be true (or at least intensely debated) and puts it …
Can Christians “Get Lucky”?
Have you been suffering recently from friggatriskaidekaphobia? Or perhaps I should refer to it as paraskevidekatriaphobia, the other name by which it is commonly known? Of course, in this case, …
Gluttons for Punishment?
What comes to mind when you hear the word “gluttony”? My immediate mental image is of a rotund man sitting at a banquet table, turkey leg in one hand and …
Ain’t it Swell to Finish Well
What can we learn from Martin Luther King Jr., George Costanza, Barack Obama, and King Jehoshaphat? Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech. …
Lost in Austen Adaptations
While at the movies this past weekend, I saw a trailer for the new film Austenland, which apparently features Kerri Russell going to some sort of Jane Austen-themed resort in …