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Youth Suspected as Cartel Hit Man... Civil Unions Advance in Illinois... A Bill could limit bake sales... And in Pakistan, Christianity earns a Death Sentence ...

December 6, 2010

The Briefing

House Censures Rep. Charles Rangel... The Movement of Liberal Christians... WikiLeaks... And a look at Human Sinfulness ...

December 3, 2010

Empire or Cow Town? National Geographic Looks at the Kingdom of David and Solomon

Tel Aviv University archaeologist Israel Finkelstein argues that the kingdom of David and Solomon is a greatly embellished biblical fiction. Jerusalem, he argues, was a cow town, a "hill country village." David was an insurrectionist and bandit whose ...

December 3, 2010

The Knowledge of the Self-Revealing God: Starting Point for the Christian Worldview

One of the most important principles of Christian thinking is the recognition that there is no stance of intellectual neutrality. No human being is capable of achieving a process of thought that requires no presuppositions, assumptions, or inherited ...

December 3, 2010

The Briefing

Those challenging books find strength in numbers... Dictators, Democracies and WikiLeaks... Momentous admission on Katyn massacre... Russia admits Stalin ordered 1940 Massacres of Poles... And The Closing of the Marijuana Frontier ...

December 2, 2010

The Briefing

A Media False Alarm over the T.S.A... Salon.com Opens Parlor to Possible Partner... Older readers kindle fondness for e-readers... And A Woman. A Prostitute. A Slave. ...

November 30, 2010

Help from Hindu Quarters — The New York Times on “Take Back Yoga”

In Sunday's edition of The New York Times -- the front page, no less -- reporter Paul Vitello writes about "a surprisingly fierce debate in the gentle world of yoga." Well, welcome to my world. My last few weeks have been heavy into "fierce debate" a ...

November 29, 2010

Who Needs Marriage? TIME Asked the Question — Do You Have an Answer?

"When an institution so central to human experience suddenly changes shape in the space of a generation or two, it's worth trying to figure out why." Belinda Luscombe of TIME magazine made that observation in the course of reporting on a major study ...

November 29, 2010

The Briefing

Two South Korean civilians died in attack by North Korea... Lessons of Hate at Islamic Schools in Britain... Thanksgiving as an Online Shopping Holiday... And Black Friday creeps into Thanksgiving ...

November 24, 2010

The Briefing

Culture War Brewing within Tea Party?... North Korea shells South in fiercest attack in decades... A flawed Faith-based fix... North Korea Nuclear fears grow... Divided we eat... And from fast food to fine dining, business is up at restaurants ...

November 23, 2010

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