So said a Southern Baptist Convention newspaper on January 31, 1973, soon after Roe v. Wade was decided. Question: What is the Southern Baptist position on abortion? Answer: There is no official Southern Baptist position on abortion, or any other such question. Among 12 million Southern...
I display some frustration: As an educator, I can attest to some frustration in relating to students that the United States operates ten aircraft carriers, plus another nine ships that.
What are the best documentaries of all time? Sight and Sound is about to release a poll around this issue. Richard Brody has his choices, of which I've seen 2:.
Next week will mark the 100th anniversary of the Ludlow Massacre. While it seems like a long time ago, in the New Gilded Age, it remains disturbingly relevant because the conditions that created such horrors in 1914 are returning to the United States of 2014. The...
The Amy Schumer sketch I linked to earlier today is, alas, applicable to a much wider array of institutions: As she gave her account to the police, several bruises began.
The evidence connecting climate change to specific weather events continues to grow, as this NASA run-down of research on the California drought demonstrates (PDF).
He's got an AMA over there on that reddit thing, and you're more than welcome to join in the festivities.
An Oklahoma school district just approved a four-year elective called the "Museum of the Bible Curriculum." It was created by the noted educational theorist -- Hobby Lobby President Steve Green.
Evidently, Biden's big mouth isn't always a blessing, but on same-sex marriage it did indeed compel Obama to postmaturely do the right thing, and good for him.
"I have sent in our federal income tax and our gift tax returns for 2013," Rumsfeld wrote. "As in prior years, it is important for you to know that I have absolutely no idea whether our tax returns and our tax payments are accurate." In his...
Last night I made one of my favorite quick, easy one-skillet meals: Browned Italian sausage simmered with big chunks of bell pepper and onion in a little beer (or wine),.
I'm sure this story about an Oklahoma gun range that wants a liquor license doesn't reinforce what the world thinks about Americans: From movie theaters to bowling alleys to golf.