Wherever you go, there you are. I’m not sure who first coined that quirky phrase, but its profundity is often missed. You cannot escape yourself; wherever you go, you bring your baggage. But don’t tell that to the Vegas crowd. Las Vegas has become more than just the gambling mecca of the world — it [...]

I’m currently reading Mark Steyn‘s latest book, AMERICA ALONE, The End of the World as We Know It. Steyn’s thesis is deployed early on: . . .demography is an existential crisis for the developed world, because the twentieth-century social-democratic state was built on a careless model that requires a constantly growing population to sustain it. [...]

Jesus is an easy target, Christians even moreso. Offend our Messiah and we won’t raze, riot and murder, like some. Instead we forgive, pray or write snarky blog posts. Which means comedian Kathy Griffin has nothing to worry about. In last weekend’s taping of the Emmy Awards, wherein Ms. Griffin won a creative arts Emmy [...]

I make no apologies for believing that the greatest threat facing the modern world is not global warming, poverty, or corporate America — it is Islamic extremism. Think about it: If the 9/11 terrorists had managed to secure 4 nuclear bombs instead of 4 passenger planes, we would be living in a very, very different [...]

I don’t hate romance movies — I hate what they’ve become. Okay, maybe it’s guilt that’s motivating me. I actually watched The Notebook the other night. It took some prying on Lisa’s part and being the softy I am, I relented. Of course, it didn’t help that JDizzle, Keith Pierson and some of CD‘s (alleged) [...]

By the looks of it, the ongoing conversation about contemporary worship is alive and well. Last week, two of my regular blog stops revealed more bits of the dialog. Brett McCracken had an interesting post entitled The Tragedy of (Most) Modern Worship Music. Then over at L’chaim, Heather Goodman contemplates similar themes in a piece [...]

It’s been suggested that the kidnapping of the 21 South Korean Christian aid workers by the Taliban in Afghanistan was one of the most neglected international stories by the American media. Even more neglected may be the implications of the recent release of those hostages and the terms of that agreement. According to CNN, “While [...]

The media relishes exposing disgraced conservatives, especially those who tout traditional family values. So when Republican Senator Larry Craig was arrested by an undercover police officer for lewd homosexual conduct in an airport men’s room, you knew they’d be all over it. Political scandals are becoming commonplace, and by Washington standards this one is fairly [...]