mosque is planned near ground zero. What do I think? I’m glad you asked. My answer depends on who’s asking. If a Muslim asked, I’d...

The hard place: The most popular article in the NY Times this morning questions the premise that we’ll be happy if we buy more stuff....

can you spot a trend? Did you know that in 1940, our food system produced 2.3 calories of food energy for every calorie of fossil fuel it...

All “other ideas” were a threat to the man and his plan.  That’s why there’s a section in the museum memorializing that tragic night of...

I’m reading some Russian classics this summer, and was recently reminded of this quote, one of my favorites.  Our friend Fyoder has put...

disallowed goal.  The blown call has the whole soccer world up in arms because it was such an obvious breach of justice.  The ref’s  Wiki...

Deep water wells are being drilled because we need the oil – all of us.  We need oil because we want the cheap food, fortified with...

Dear John – I’m not sure why we think about people more after they die than while they’re alive, but your passing away this weekend at...

Someday I’ll overcome my penchant for self-destructive choices that seem to afflict me from time to time, like eating dessert for lunch...

NY Times article from this past weekend that declares Europeans can’t afford their cradle to grave safety net.  Declining birth rates,...

The marketing strategies of coke, globally, were actually tied to Christian mission work because, as Asa declared, “we can be sure that...

I carry my metal water bottle with me everywhere, and the conference center at which I’m staying is offering Nestle’s bottled water in...

There were many in the evangelical world of my youth (read: James Dobson, Jerry Falwell, et. al.) who decried the ‘liberal courts’ for...

David Brooks excellent article about this week’s quake in Haiti is a must read.  Whether you agree with his diagnosis or not, he shines a...

“Roman Road”.  In essence, this declaration of the good news find in Christ was, to use a cooking term, a ‘reduction’.  The idea was to...

The first is about the conference itself, particularly the cries from the far right about the possibilities of dire economic consequences...