Gerald Baker today: The US is indeed in the middle of another gloomy ride around the “America as Rome” theme park of half-understood history lessons. The pessimists, equipped with their Fodor’s guidebooks, their summer school diplomas, and their DVD collection of Cecil B. DeMille movies, are convinced it’s all up for the people who march… Continue reading

A Problem of Credibility The problem with relying solely on philosophy when it comes to discussing the ‘big picture’ about God and his role in the evolution of life, is that it too often gives cover to scientific stupidity. I would much rather say ignorance instead of stupidity, believe me. But ignorance is a condition… Continue reading

Why Scott Carson is on my daily reading list: Be that as it may, the discussion of homosexuality often degenerates into a discussion of what could possibly be wrong with loving people who are deeply committed to one another rubbing their genitals and other various appendages together. This discussion often turns on cultural phenomena: we… Continue reading

How cool is it to see your book translated into Japanese?! Fortunately, I have a sister who is fluent in the language.

Stephen Schwartz today: The human, financial, and technological resources of Al-Qaida have diminished immensely since 9/11: it lost its Afghan base and then plunged into the Iraqi bloodbath, in which it is being defeated. Rather than a second Vietnam for the U.S. – comparing two wars that really have almost nothing in common – Iraq… Continue reading