You are reading this online and Uncle Sam probably knows it. If you call your friends about the story, the…
Read More
Why Jesus and comic books need each other
This summer producers of the blockbuster movie “Man of Steel” used some of their marketing might to convince pastors that…
Read More
Eliot Spitzer, Anthony Weiner — New York voters seem to prefer sleazy over boring
What’s the matter with New York? More to the point, what’s the matter with New Yorkers? The question takes on…
Read More
Military saved democracy in Egypt, not destroyed it
Maybe it was the odd coincidence of the Egyptian military coup coming as Americans celebrated our glorious Independence Day. Or…
Read MoreScientific breakthroughs vs. your privacy — lessons from Henrietta Lacks’ saga
When Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins hospital in 1951, her cancer cells continued to grow outside…
Read More
Major League Baseball only in first inning of fight against cheating
After baseball announced the suspensions of Ryan Braun, Alex Rodriguez and 12 others, fans across the land have been left…
Read MoreTodd’s American Dispatch: Feds forced churches to get baptism permits
For as far back as anyone can remember, Missouri Baptists have gathered on river banks for Sunday afternoon baptisms. The…
Read MoreCNN hires Obama foreign policy political appointee as ‘Chief National Security Correspondent’
Jim Sciutto, who until recently was a political appointee of President Obama working on foreign affairs, has been hired by…
Read MoreWhy can’t Congress master the simple art of multi-tasking?
It’s almost surreal to imagine a time when a government so sharply divided between Republicans and Democrats could still get…
Read MoreObama’s Gulf of Tonkin resolution
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Wednesday adopted, with bipartisan support, a resolution approving a strike on Syria that is…
Read More
