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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Myth-making, 2011 Style
by Nick Street One day when my father, a Southern Baptist preacher's kid, was a sophomore at Mississippi College in 1949, he heard the door to the lecture hall open during a biology class and nearly fell out of his … Continue reading
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Is Google Making Us Spiritually Stupid?
by S. Brent Plate In his bestseller The Shallows and his well-thumbed Atlantic article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr argues that the “quiet places” for “deep reading” and “any other act of contemplation” are disappearing from our wired … Continue reading
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John Boehner: Cry Me a River
So much speculation on the meaning of John Boehner's tears: Is he drunk? Depressed? Distressed by contradictions? Or just playing us? There have been gender critiques too. It's okay for tough conservative guys to cry because it humanizes them. But … Continue reading
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The Christmas Wars
From a parade in Tulsa changing its name and leaving out the word Christmas to allegations that a school district banned the colors red and green, some in the country, especially the media, seem determined to promote the idea that … Continue reading
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Tony Perkins and Richard Land: The Ususal Suspects
by Nick Street Who counts as a Christian conservative? What issues will drive rank-and-file “values voters” to the polls during the next presidential election? And do all voters who compose this chunk of the electorate—mainly evangelical or “born-again” Christians—value the … Continue reading
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Will Thune Enrapture the "Left Behind" Crowd?
by Richard Flory With the recent midterm election now behind us, reporters are beginning to speculate about potential Republican challengers to President Obama, and even challengers from within his own party, in the 2012 presidential election. To date, much of … Continue reading
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Again with Prop 8? WTF!?!
by Lee Gilmore The latest showdown about California's infamous Proposition 8 saw the two sides presenting arguments to determine the proper legal standing of those who seek to defend that amendment, as well as testimony concerning the law's the constitutional … Continue reading
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The Eternal Spring(steen)
As my husband and I drove east on the 10 toward mid-City, I had an epiphany. We'd come from a Christmas party at a friend's home in Venice Beach where pomegranate martinis and platters of red velvet mini-cupcakes limned the … Continue reading
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The Pope on Condoms: Where the Rubber Meets the Road
by Brie Loskota Many theologians, reporters and devout Catholics uttered a collective “whaaat?!?” when the Holy See announced that condoms could be used in a morally responsible way to help stop the spread of HIV. There is probably no more … Continue reading
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