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05/30/2012Josh Hamilton's Secret
In breaking news, the pope's butler has agreed to cooperate with investigators. Observers are now speculating that other church leaders will soon be implicated in the widening scandal. Meanwhile, Apple's CEO Tim Cook has passed on $75 million in dividend payments due to him over the next 9 years. His decision is a welcome departure from the inflated CEO salaries that regularly lead the news.
12 comments - 05/08/2012
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and The Avengers
What do The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and The Avengers have in common? Nothing I can think of, except the fact that I saw them both over the weekend. What do they tell us about ourselves? A great deal.
- 05/06/2012
Will the World End in Your Lifetime?
Twenty-two percent of Americans think the world will end in their lifetime. According to a recent Reuters poll, nearly 15 percent of people worldwide agree. The numbers range from 6 percent in France to 22 percent in Turkey and the U.S. What explains this phenomenon?
96 comments - 05/02/2012
How to End the War on Terror
In breaking news this morning, suicide bombers have killed seven people in Afghanistan and wounded 17, most of them Afghan children on their way to school. According to a Taliban spokesman, their attack was in response to President Obama's visit to their country.
10 comments - 04/24/2012
Obeying Church and State
The nation's Catholic bishops recently "urged resistance to laws that church officials consider unjust." They encouraged "fellow Catholics and fellow Americans to be on guard, for religious liberty is under attack, both at home and abroad." I write each week for the Texas Faith blog of The Dallas Morning News. This week we were asked to respond to this timely question: "How far should people of faith go in resisting laws they consider unjust?"
7 comments - 04/23/2012
Twelve Religions in Twelve Months
Did you hear about the man who practiced twelve religions in twelve months? Andrew Bowen was Hindu in January, Baha'i in February, Zoroastrian in March, Jewish in April, Buddhist in May, and agnostic in June. He practiced Mormonism in July, Islam in August, the Sikh faith in September, Wicca in October, Jain in November, and Catholicism in December.
- 04/16/2012
If Solomon Had Been Aboard the Titanic
When the Titanic struck the iceberg, she kept sailing; if she had stopped, all her passengers would likely have been evacuated before she sank. Could it be that you and I are aboard our own Titanic this morning?
13 comments - 04/13/2012
Is Faith Believing What You Know Ain't So?
Marilynne Robinson is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Gilead. Her latest collection of essays, titled "When I Was A Child I Read Books," calls mainline Protestants to task for "retreating from the cultivation and celebration of learning and beauty . . . as if people were less than God made them and in need of nothing so much as condescension."
299 comments - 03/09/2012
Kony 2012
Kony 2012 is stirring an incredible media storm this morning. This 30-minute video has been seen more than 41 million times since Monday and was mentioned yesterday by White House spokesman Jay Carney.
18 comments - 03/05/2012
Rush Limbaugh's Apology
After defending his statements for several days, Limbaugh apologized for them over the weekend, saying his "choice of words was not the best, and in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir." Despite his apology, a seventh advertiser has now pulled its ads from his show.
- 02/15/2012
Jeremy Lin Is the New Tim Tebow
Fans are snapping up Jeremy Lin jersey, TV ratings of Knicks games have skyrocketed, and shares of the team reached an all-time high on Monday. Lin's response? "I'm just thankful to God for everything. Like the Bible says, 'God works in all things for the good of those who love him.'"
- 02/06/2012
Seven Plays That Changed the Super Bowl
If I were a sports journalist, here's the column I would write about Super Bowl XLVI. I would focus on seven plays, most of which won't appear in anyone's headlines.
2 comments - 02/05/2012
Vanderbilt University and Political Correctness
Here are my questions: Could a Christian require an Islamic university to provide non-Muslim rooms for Christian use? Where do we draw the line once a faith-based university is required to remove elements of its faith in deference to those who choose to attend its classes but do not share its beliefs? Could a Christian university one day be forced to change any practice or symbol that a student finds offensive? Could it be made to hire an atheist to teach religion?
10 comments - 02/03/2012
Josh Hamilton's Relapse
Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton was seen drinking in a Dallas area bar Monday evening, according to reports dominating the local news this morning. Teammate Ian Kinsler came to the pub to persuade Hamilton to return to his home. The Rangers said they are aware of a "situation," but have not commented further. This was Hamilton's second alcohol-related relapse in three years.
1 comments - 01/19/2012
America Is Drunk
This headline caught my eye today: "America is drunk." Psychiatrist Keith Ablow cites new data from the Centers for Disease Control that reveals the crisis: One in six Americans downs eight mixed drinks within a few hours, four times a month. Twenty-eight percent of young people between the ages of 18 and 24 binge-drink five times every month. Thirteen percent of those between the ages of 45 and 65 do the same.
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