Newsworthy | The AP reports:
A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken... More >>
Politics | Republicans are recruiting an array of candidates for the mid-term elections with no political background, documented in a nice feature... More >>
Media | The New Orleans Saints stunned the Indianapolis Colts and won the Super Bowl 31-17, Mosaic church’s Doritos ad was a... More >>
Watercooler Chatter | Good morning.
On this day in 191o: The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated.
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Sports | Super Bowl weekend has now arrived.
Peyton Manning and his AFC champion Indianapolis Colts are 5-point favorites to spoil the ending... More >>
Issues | You’d think with all the hoopla over Tim Tebow’s Super Bowl ad that he’s the first football player to ever... More >>
Watercooler Chatter | Here it is, Rants! & Raves!, your weekly opportunity to sound off about the week past.
Remember the rules:
A Rave! is... More >>
Watercooler Chatter | Good morning.
On this day in 1911: President Ronald Wilson Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois.
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Just for Fun | Click here for a look back at the news of the week, colorfully illustrated by some of the best editorial... More >>
Family | Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, just issued a statement on the Tebows’ Super Bowl ad:
People have been asking us... More >>
Watercooler Chatter | Good morning.
On this day in 1937: President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed increasing the number of Supreme Court justices.
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Religion | Tim Tebow closed this morning’s National Prayer Breakfast in prayer:
WORLD Washington Bureau reporter Emily Belz attended the breakfast this morning.... More >>
Science | Stunning new research indicates that some vegetative brain-injury patients show signs of awareness, and can even communicate. This research has... More >>
Family | The ongoing conversation about South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford’s adultery often seems best suited to tabloid voyeurism.
But now, Jenny Sanford... More >>
Watercooler Chatter | Good morning.
On this day in 1789: Electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.
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Education | Should the Bible be taught in public schools? If so, then how? If no, then why not?
The Tennessee Board of... More >>
Economy | As evidence of the continuing demise of the once-ubiquitous movie rental store, Movie Gallery filed for bankruptcy today:
Movie Gallery Inc.,... More >>
Religion | Christians in Egypt seek to have equal rights with Muslims when it comes to constructing church buildings.
Egyptian activists have protested... More >>
Politics | A coalition of bloggers and political activists are pushing for President Obama and Republicans to engage in regular, public question... More >>
Watercooler Chatter | Good morning.
On this day in 1959: Rock ‘n’ roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson... More >>
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Entertainment | When the Academy Award nominations were announced last Tuesday, two Christian-influenced films, Up and The Blind Side, surprised industry watchers... More >>
Politics | Do you ever feel forgotten, overlooked, or helpless in a world that seems increasingly confusing, rancorous, and on the brink... More >>
Faith & Inspiration | Dietrich Bonhoeffer said it, and it is not neo-orthodoxy or bad exegesis but good sense: Whenever you read Scripture, Old... More >>
Faith & Inspiration | Two stories of redemption interlaced at the New York City Rescue Mission last Monday: one in the lives of destitute... More >>
Media | Focus on the Family isn’t the only Christian group making news over Super Bowl TV commercials. Mosaic, a Los Angeles-based... More >>
Culture | Many of my conservative friends long ago gave up their subscriptions to The New York Times because reading it simply... More >>
Religion | President Obama attended the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington yesterday. His own denomination—the United Church of Christ—has been teasingly described... More >>
Faith & Inspiration | Q&A time after a Bible lecture is a good thing, I suppose, but there is a downside. If the speaker... More >>
Issues | In the midst of the usual glut of Super Bowl commercials with messages about beer, cars, and women with impossible... More >>
Family | This just in (sorry, kids): Spanking children makes them happy.
According to a recent Wall Street Journal article by Mollie Ziegler... More >>
Faith & Inspiration | Over breakfast, a friend of mine who is single shared the counsel she received from an older married woman, who... More >>
Entertainment | The movie The Blind Side, which depicts a white family’s successful adoption of an at-risk black male, has stirred the... More >>
Faith & Inspiration | I usually put on my seminary-sophisticate glasses when reading Old Testament prophecy, automatically translating “horses” into guided missiles and IEDs.... More >>
Issues | This past Friday, Scott Roeder was sentenced to life in prison for last May’s shooting death of George Tiller, one... More >>
Politics | Michelle Obama received a standing ovation during her husband’s State of the Union address for her crusade against obesity. A... More >>
Faith & Inspiration | We are told that Enoch “walked with God, and he was not, for God took him” (Genesis 5:24). Talk about... More >>
Economy | Government spending, and the resulting deficits that worry the public so much, apparently don’t worry President Obama and his administration... More >>
Economy | The U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday that the economy expanded at an annualized rate of 5.7 percent over the... More >>
Faith & Inspiration | I keep a Bible on my nightstand and memorize verses to fall asleep. It works pretty well, and I find... More >>
Issues | NARAL is gunning for the ambulances. America can be proud of the fact that there are more Pregnancy Resource Centers... More >>
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Crowd favorite: Sarah Palin spoke to a receptive audience at the Tea Party convention 
