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The Trial that Still Must Come — The Death of Osama bin Laden and the Limits of Human Justice

Osama bin Laden is dead. President Obama spoke with clarity and resolution when he addressed the American people last night: "Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed ...

May 2, 2011

The Only Game in Town? Richard Dawkins and the Limits of Reason

Evolution by natural selection is "the only game in town, the greatest show on Earth," asserts Richard Dawkins. We have come to expect claims like this from Richard Dawkins, perhaps the most famous defender of Darwinian evolution alive today. Unlike ...

April 6, 2011

Universalism as a Lure? The Emerging Case of Rob Bell

As is so often the case, most of us first learned of Rob Bell's new book by means of Justin Taylor and his blog, "Between Two Worlds," at the Gospel Coalition. Justin reminds me of the steady folks at the National Hurricane Center. He is able to advi ...

March 1, 2011

The Briefing

WikiLeaks Angry About Ex-Staff Member's Book... From Prison, Madoff Says Banks 'Had to Know' of Fraud... ...

February 18, 2011

The Marketplace of Ideas — Why Bookstores Matter

"Book stores are going away." That is the conclusion reached by Mike Shatzkin, chief executive of Idea Logical Co., a consulting firm based in New York. Shatzkin offered his ominous prediction to The Wall Street Journal as that paper was reporting on ...

February 17, 2011

The Briefing

In U.S. Signals to Egypt, Obama Straddled a Rift... Cameron's Multicultural Wake-Up Call... LifeWay Research finds economy challenging churches but providing opportunities... Chapter 11 for Borders, New Chapter for Books ...

February 14, 2011

The Briefing

What the Bible Really Says About Sex...Really?... Paper Trail... Elton Remembers... You'll Work Longer ...

February 10, 2011

What the Bible Really Says About Sex . . . Really?

Has the church misunderstood the Bible's teachings on sexuality for over two thousand years? The current issue of Newsweek magazine reports on "new scholarship on the Good Book's naughty bits" that is supposed to turn our understanding of the Bible's ...

February 9, 2011

The Briefing

Apple's Steve Jobs takes medical leave, remains CEO... The Insanity Defense... Diplomacy and Duplicity... Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother... In an Age of Voices, Moving Beyond the Facts... D.C. tops rankings for USA's most literate cities ...

January 18, 2011

The Briefing

Pakistani Politician's Alleged Murderer Shown Support by Islamic Hard-Liners... 'Crisis Brings Us All Together'... A Brave Man Killed... GOP takes charge: New Speaker Boehner leads House... Publisher Tinkers With Twain... The Commuter Congress Could ...

January 6, 2011

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