I like Martha Stewart. Just from an outsiders perspective, she is attractive and seems nice. She is also, obviously, quite the talented entrepreneur, author, and television personality. Of course, she is not without her flaws. In 2004 she was convicted of insider trading of stocks and served five months in…
I’ve never particularly been a fan of the TV show Dancing with the Stars, but I have seen bits and pieces once in a while and do admire the dancers who are able to demonstrate a high level of skill and talent.
On the show, a celebrity amateur is…
John Mac Ghlionn has a doctorate in psychosocial studies, and works as both a researcher and essayist. He specifically writes articles about social issues, technology, and the impact of media manipulations. Recently he wrote an editorial piece for Newsweek, and it looks like he really stepped in it this time.…
The American Museum of Natural History in New York has decided that it will remove all human remains from its displays, as well as make policy changes concerning its use of such remains. Over the years, the museum has accumulated the remains of around 12,000 people, and, as of this…
It is quite incredible how far computer technology has advanced since its inception. When I got my first PC, large, room-sized computers had already been around for a while, but desktop sized ones were still fairly new.
I remember when I was first in college we would go into a…
I just read one of the most confusing articles I have ever seen. It was an interview with David DeSteno, a professor of psychology at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. By his own testimony, he believes that religion has something positive to contribute to science. So far so good, right?…
It has been almost half a century since the Supreme Court legalized abortion in the United States in the infamous Roe v. Wade decision. In the interim more than 50 million abortion procedures have been reported in this country (no one knows how many have not been reported).Beginning about…
When I was in college, fifty years ago, I read several books by Christian philosopher Francis A. Schaeffer. In the late 1960s and early 70s he was one of the most influential evangelical writers in the world. His classic trilogy, The God Who is There (1968), Escape from …
I don’t usually engage political issues in this blog. I prefer to address moral and theological principles. However, this week it was reported that a group of what we might term “progressive evangelical pro-life Christians” expressed their great disappointment with the current administration. An open letter was published Tuesday from…
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