- About
those 1st Amendment rights, Doh! (03/01/06) A survey
released Wednesday showcases a bit of data that should surprise nobody:
Americans know more about "The Simpsons" than they do about the 1st
Amendment.
- On
a New Poll Of U.S. Soldiers During Their Service in Iraq
(02/28/06) A first-ever survey
of U.S. troops on the ground fighting a war overseas has revealed
surprising findings, not the least of which is that an overwhelming
majority of 72% of American troops in Iraq think the U.S. should exit
the country within the next year.
- The
curious rise of anti-religious hysteria (01/23/05) It is
the Anglo-American cultural elites' insecurity about their own values
that encourages their frenzied attacks on religion.
- Getting
a Rational Grip on Religion: Is religion a fit subject for scientific
scrutiny? (12/26/05) . . . scientists try to understand
what for most of the world's population
needs no explanation: why there is this powerful force called religion.
It is possible, of course, that the world's faiths are triangulating in
on the one true God. But if you forgo that leap, other possibilities
arise: Does banding together in groups and acting out certain behaviors
confer a reproductive advantage, spreading genes favorable to belief?
Or are the seeds of religion more likely to be found among the
memes--ideas so powerful that they leap from mind to mind?
- Wayward
Christian Soldiers (01/22/05) What will it take for
American evangelicals to recognize our mistaken loyalty? We have
increasingly isolated ourselves from the shared faith of the global
Church, and there is no denying that our Faustian bargain for access
and power has undermined the credibility of our moral and evangelistic
witness in the world.
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