Current Affairs

This story [http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=7526] says evangelical Christians are going on-line to confess their sins [http://mysecret.tv/confess.php]. I've argued many times that confessing is perhaps the most natural sacrament in the world. If people don't confess, they'

The Fox reporters had to convert to Islam or die. How does that work for a Christian? Jimmy Akin breaks it down [http://jimmyakin.typepad.com/defensor_fidei/2006/08/the_martyrs_dil.html], and does an excellent job. Excerpt: > If, therefore, a Muslim terrorist has kidnapped you and

> Federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities in North Georgia have reported a record seizure of about 341 pounds of suspected crystal methamphetamine at a residence in Gainesville, Ga. > The find breaks a previous record seizure of 187 pounds of meth made just two weeks ago in Buford,

What's this country coming (going back?) to? First this [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,210338,00.html], now this [http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-002984.php]: > The Washington State Liquor Control Board is considering new rules that would outlaw the sale of 34 cheap

From The Atlantic Monthly's September bullet reviews of dozens of new books: > Enough by Juan Williams (Crown) > In a book that often reads like a padded reprise of Bill Cosby's famed cri de coeur at a 2004 NAACP gala, the NPR correspondent raises the

Western values 'are causing mental illness.' [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25689-2305849,00.html] I suspect the assertion has merit. What are "Western values" today? Well, they're lots of things, some of which are good, but the article focuses on the ones

If this [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14270562/] doesn't derail her presidential bid, nothing will. Then again, she hasn't endorsed it: > A "presidential bust" of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was unveiled Wednesday at New York's Museum of Sex, where sculptor

Well, this story [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060807/music_nm/jackson_dc;_ylt=AkDXpz6VKGlOrFaWAAmxglJxFb8C;_ylu=X3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM-] interests me, for reasons I'll explain below: > Pop star Michael Jackson has stumbled across a conspiracy by former attorneys, associates and advisers to force him into financial ruin, his

> Teens whose iPods are full of music with raunchy, sexual lyrics start having sex sooner than those who prefer other songs, a study found [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060807/ap_on_re_us/sex_lyrics_teens;_ylt=AtRAPoTeEtPrHppDDirtEKKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3czJjNGZoBHNlYwM3NTE-] . It has nothing to do with the

Is it me, or are there a lot of articles indicating that the Scots are a bunch of flippin' degenerates? Gambling problem [http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1117732006&format=print] (1-in-10 Scots children have a gambling problem--I don't believe it, but still), drug problem