History has seen its share of monumental rocks. There was the stone that killed Goliath, the Hope Diamond, the star of films such as Fast and Furious 6, and the …
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In Defense of American Ignorance
I’m going to do something today that might shock even myself. I’m going to defend the ignorance of my fellow Americans in several areas. In general, I’m opposed to ignorance. …
Southwest-AirTran Merger Update: “It’s Complicated”
From the title of this post, you may be inclined to think that it is going to be a serious discussion about business in America, but in fact it’s mostly …
Rep. Tom Cole’s Civil War Analogy
With the House Republicans having voted dozens of times to repeal Obamacare (a.k.a. The Affordable Care Act), only to have each of those proposals die upon arrival in the Senate, …
Thus Spake Francis
With a single question, the newly minted Pope set off a worldwide media reaction – and raised some important questions about the state of the papacy in the 21st century. …
Aslan and Jesus
If you started reading this post thinking that it was going to be a comparison between Aslan, the unsafe but good hero of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia series, and …
International Tiger Day
Today is International Tiger Day, which is aimed at creating awareness of the dangers facing the world’s dwindling tiger population and promoting measures to help preserve one of the world’s …
We’ve Arrived!
While your host was on the road yesterday, Church & State passed a major website milestone. For the first time, we received spam in the comments section! This must mean …
Sochi Blues
What was meant to be an example of international cooperation is once again a cause for international bickering. Since the Russian city of Sochi was awarded the 2014 Winter Olympic …
Ten Pressing Issues for Egypt
If you have been watching the news at all over the past few weeks, you’ve probably noticed that things aren’t going too well in Egypt. President Mohamed Morsi, an Islamist …