What In The Planet?

Professor Neil DeGrasse Tyson found himself on receiving end of one of the most controversial non-issues of our time. The demotion of Pluto from planet to “dwarf planet” made the front page of the New York Times and prompted legislation in the state of New Mexico to rebuff the consensus of the International [...]

For The Thrill Of It

Simon Baatz’s account of the grotesque murder committed by Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb is an incredible read. Rarely does a professional historian from the Ivy League make the move towards publishing a piece for the popular audience. Writing in a style of the “true crime” genre Baatz is able to capture a realism through [...]

Marriage at the Crossroads

Christians like to publish books about marriage. Just look at some of the titles. As a pragmatic people, evangelicals like to consume how-to manuals and self-help books to “ignite the passion” and “divorce proof” your marriage. All that is well and good, but most of it seems marketed as books you have to read (out [...]

Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places

Eugene Peterson begins his multi-volume magnum opus on “spiritual theology” with a book that is far too long for what it intends to do, and discerning what exactly that intent is, is a rather difficult task. Spiritual theology, according to Peterson cannot be put easily into a book and cannot be reduced to abstractions. [...]

Adam on…Cars?

This summer I have, in a rather unexpected turn, become massively interested in automobiles. Particularly, What could I drive that goes really fast? is the concerning question. Perhaps it was a day of boredom while surfing the Internet, or maybe it was the opportunity to drive a generous man’s Saturn Sky, but I found my [...]

Washington’s Rules of Civility

David Brooks has a fine column on the lack of civility and reticence in our culture today. He looks back on Washington’s discipline to 110 rules of etiquette that can be found here and are reproduced below.

Can God Triumph Over Night?

Elie Wiesel has published a new translation of his much celebrated Night that includes a new preface and forward as well as crisper translation into English by his wife Marion. The first hand account of a survivor from Auschwitz and Buchenwald is just as raw and disturbing as it was when it was first published [...]

The Perfect 4th of July BBQ

Peter is cleaning up old Rock TVs and this is my all-time favorite. Each gag supplies its own sense of humor very well from the main character, a pushy salesman who is uber patriotic and eager to sell you anything, to the visual of an alien showing up to the party. [...]

Preposterous Statements of June, 2009

I am in the process of collecting the most preposterous statements I read on blogs and newspapers. At the end of the year a bracket will be formed and and a poll devised for YOU the readers to vote on. If you would like to nominate a preposterous statement, leave it the comments with a [...]