I recently attended a fairly large gathering of predominately Armenian-oriented evangelical Christians. Musing as I mingled, I tried to come up with one word that would describe the group “personality” as I perceived it. Of course, the first word to pop to mind was “nice.” That one’s obvious. In …
So I guess everyone has heard about the brouhaha on the beach in San Diego over the holiday weekend. In case you missed it, a fight on the beach escalated to the point where the police had to be called in. Read all about it here.
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The Puritans (and modern day political conservatives too) have been accused of being deathly afraid that someone, somewhere was having fun. Today, undoubtedly, that distinction belongs to the political left.
I ran across a couple of stories today about food. PETA is unhappy with Al Gore for eating meat. Why …
Christopher Dawson is a renowned historian who is not much read in academic circles because, though his specialty is European history, his focus is not so much on materialistic issues but on spiritual issues. The quote below comes from his very scholarly book, Dynamics of World History. The thought came …
The Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece earlier this week that caught my attention. It was an argument for the restoration of a standard liberal education curriculum in the nation’s universities. The writer, Peter Berkowitz, who taught at Harvard, witnessed there the ill effects of the failure to …
There was a very significant musical event in Tuscaloosa Sunday night when the Music Department of Riverwood presented the Fall Concert under the overall direction of our Director of Music, Jeff Miller. It is now 48 hours later and when I think of the beauty, emotion and delight of the …
Sometimes it’s hard to know if I’ve just become too jaded and cynical, or whether American culture has completely gone down the drain.
In the news recently was the story of this college student at the University of Florida who went to a forum where Sen. Kerry was …
In an upcoming Salt and Light article, I will be addressing the issue of how we as Reformed and Presbyterian Christians should interact with the wider Christian world. Reformed Christians in America have an upleasant history infighting and sectarianism (see Machen’s Warrior Children). In my view, whatever one thinks …
I’ve written before about the disturbing inability of our culture - especially our supposed elites - to make even the most basic moral judgments. That inability is on display again for the world to see at Columbia University.
The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, will be in NYC this week to …
Vancouver, BC, is apparently in the process of banning smoking on city sidewalks, bus shelters, and taxis. Now, I could write about how ridiculous that is, and I’d be right. However, that ridiculousness pales in comparison to the ridiculousness of the exception they’re granting. Get ready: Muslim hookah …
As noted in the bulletin this morning, we are providing a forum on the Riverblog to discuss our current Movie Night movie, The Painted Veil. The suggestions below are just that, suggestions, and everyone is free to discuss any ideas as comments. Please join in with your thoughts on the …