I’m on the Answers in Genesis mailing list. You might think I’m just a glutton for punishment, but it’s actually rather fascinating. About once per week, I’m able to glean a little greater insight into the mindset of Ken Ham (founder and…
Ready for a Mike Huckabee 2016 run for the White House? I suspect one is in the works, at least the preliminarily groundwork. Each week, the software running this blog site automatically checks all the links in every post, looking for broken…
This week marked another interesting milestone in the ongoing evolution of Catholicism. Since Tuesday, media outlets across the globe have been abuzz with headlines like: Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are real and God is not ‘a…
If you like the idea of living in the “Theocratic States of America,” you may be pleased with today’s Supreme Court decision. Today, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Christian-owned Hobby Lobby chain store is exempt from certain provisions of the…
I have long been critical of CNN for becoming a “news show” network rather than a news network, which is why it comes as a surprise, even to me, that at the end of this month, I will be taking…
Last Tuesday, Bill Nye (the science guy) debated Ken Ham (founder and CEO of Kentucky’s Creation Museum) on the question of whether a young-earth creation model is compatible with the theory of evolution. NPR posted a nice summary of the debate,…
For some reason, I remember a lot of dates and times. Not necessarily of upcoming events, but rather, of past events that, for whatever reason, just seem to stick in my mind. January 2, 2009, shortly after 3 AM is…
Black Friday scenes like this make it hard not to worry about our society. Well, sure, they’re willing to sacrifice a chunk of their holiday time, and most of their self respect, but they did get that thing that’s not…
Perhaps my earliest vivid childhood memory took place fifty years ago today. I was four and a half years old (back then, the “half” still seemed significant), standing next to my mother in the family room of our home in…
Well, that didn’t take long at all. Just over two months ago, I offered my George Zimmerman Prediction: Within the next five years, George Zimmerman will be arrested (or otherwise detained by authorities) again for actions that involve a firearm. Guess…