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What’s Missing in the Karl Rove-Joseph Wilson Affair? The Church

Joseph Wilson, a former U.S. ambassador, has accused White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove of leaking word that Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, worked for the Central Intelligence Agency. I raise this public controversy, still raging in the medi ...

November 7, 2005

The New York Times on “The 100-Minute Bible”

Word of "The 100-Minute Bible" has now reached The New York Times, which has published a report by Edward Wyatt. Wyatt's article describes "The 100-Minute Bible" as a condensation of the Bible into 50 pages, each with a segment designed to be read i ...

November 7, 2005

Effects of Hurricane Wilma — Extensive But Not Widely Known

Hurricane Wilma caused considerable damage across South Florida, but, in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, this devastation received little national attention. South Florida is my home area, and my parents, siblings, and extended family remai ...

November 6, 2005

The Wind Strikes Again

A deadly tornado struck near Evansville, Indiana overnight, killing at least 23 persons as most were asleep. At least thirty other victims remained in critical condition as evening fell. The storm also caused damage in Henderson, Kentucky, where it t ...

November 6, 2005

God is “Not Locked Up” in the Bible — Bishop Robinson Speaks His Mind

The Guardian [London] reports that Bishop Gene Robinson -- the first openly homosexual bishop of the Episcopal Church USA, met this week with Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in London. According to the paper, the crisis sparked by B ...

November 4, 2005

The End of Monogamy?

Just recently, I discussed the article by Professor Peter Singer in the "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" series published in the September/October issue of Foreign Policy. The series is now available on-line, and that allows a look at another article in t ...

November 4, 2005

Liberalizing Leviticus — or — Overcoming the Bipolarity of the Sexes

I recently picked up another volume in "The Old Testament Library" series of biblical commentaries. Leviticus: A Commentary was written by Erhard S. Gerstenberger, professor of Old Testament at Philipps-Universitat, Marburg, Germany. Translated into ...

November 3, 2005

Samuel Alito’s “Frightening Geniality?”

Andrew M. Siegel of The New Republic warns liberals that Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr., President Bush's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court is very dangerous indeed. Specifically, he warns that Judge Alito's geniality and personal graciousness make him e ...

November 3, 2005

“Oh, to See the Dawn” — A New Hymn Worth Singing . . . Over and Over Again

Are we entering a great new era of hymnody? There are signs of hope, and we can see the emergence of new hymn writers and composers who combine the best of old and new, recovering the ancient form in a new age. Best of all, these hymns are rich in bi ...

November 2, 2005

Designer Babies — Gender Selection Experiment at Baylor College of Medicine

Doctors at Houston's Baylor College of Medicine are set to begin a "sex selection" study that will allow parents to choose the gender of their baby. Up to 200 couples are to be given the opportunity to choose either a male or female embryo to be pla ...

November 2, 2005