Culture
Pot, meet kettle
Aug 19th
Cracks in the conservative movement:
Conservative superstar Ann Coulter launched a verbal assault on WND Editor Joseph Farah today, calling the veteran journalist “swine” and a publicity whore after she was dismissed as a keynote speaker for the news site’s upcoming “Taking America Back National Conference” here.
As reported yesterday, Coulter was dropped from WND’s event next month because of her plan to address a gathering titled “HOMOCON” sponsored by the homosexual Republican group GOProud that promotes same-sex marriage and military service for open homosexuals.
At least Farah is maintaining a shred of consistency in his public position on this issue. That said, More >
Anne Rice quits Christianity; Christianity says ‘meh’
Aug 5th
So vampire novelist Anne Rice, who returned to her Roman Catholic roots ten years ago, has “quit being a Christian”.
I’m out. I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being ‘Christian’ or to being part of Christianity. It’s simply impossible for me to ‘belong’ to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group. For ten years, I’ve tried. I’ve failed. I’m an outsider. My conscience will allow nothing else.
The problem is that humanity as a whole is “quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous”. Those are not, as we used to say in high school debate, disadvantages unique to More >
What’s Glenn Beck doing?
Jul 20th
Props to Glenn Beck for speaking boldly of his faith — mostly. His message of faith, hope, and charity is resonating with conservative Christians as he travels the country on his “American Revival Tour”. He regularly hosts Christian pastors and evangelists on his Fox News program to talk about faith and patriotism. He often talks about Jesus and the Lord, something one rarely hears on the major media, especially in the context of spiritual warfare!
Beck has become the commentator of choice for conservatives who fervently believe in God and country. His message is so popular with conservative Christians that he More >
Best team name ever
Jan 17th
From the NBA Development League, I give you: the Fort Wayne Mad Ants!
What’s great about the name is the connection to local history. Fort Wayne is named for Revolutionary War General “Mad Anthony” Wayne, who commanded the first regular army of the new country, the Legion of the United States.
Wayne’s Legion defeated an Indian force led by Shawnee war chief Blue Jacket (how many hockey fans know why the Columbus team bears his name?) at the Battle of the Fallen Timbers, near the site of the fort and the city named in Wayne’s honor.
The love of history is not yet More >
Review: The Lost Symbol
Nov 26th
Apparently, Dan Brown is more afraid of Freemasons than he is of the Vatican.
This review, coming a couple of months into The Lost Symbol‘s run atop the New York Times bestseller list, will be short. Far better reviewers have already offered up more educated opinions of Brown’s latest novel than I can. But my personality disorder — the one that drove me to give up a ten-year career in steel sales for a talk radio job that paid less than half what I was making — compels me to force my opinion into the public arena.
To his credit, Brown has More >
