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Anxious America

I’m not exactly sure when it struck me. Maybe it was when I brushed my teeth this morning and found the bathroom floor littered with

Oh, Yeah, There Was a Game, Too

Game? There was a game? Yeah, there was a game of some sort yesterday, one in which the Green Bay Packers scored 31 runs on

Getting Snowed

Like much of the United States, Colorado has been in the grip of some extreme winter weather this week. While we dodged the heavy snow

The Golden Rule at the Golden Globes

For award watchers and showbiz prognosticators, Sunday night’s Golden Globes went pretty much as expected. Lots of people hit the “like” button for The Social

Violence, Metal and Jared Lee Loughner

In the wake of Jared Lee Loughner’s shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz., the press and behavioral experts have swarmed over every bit of evidence from

A Coffee by Any Other Name—and Even No Name

There are several things that I don’t cross: pit bulls, grouchy neighbors and the early-morning lineup of people at Starbucks. The latter haven’t had their

The Real Man on the Street Announcer

It’s easy to look at YouTube with its videos of ranting nobodies, marauding thugs and train-wreck teens and think, “when does the shelf life of

Miley. Sigh.

I don’t want to write this post. How many times must we talk about Miley Cyrus’ latest indiscretion? When does this tripe stop qualifying as

Movies and Mental Molding

Last weekend I attended our church’s annual Christmas extravaganza. There was a bit of everything, from Handel to jazz, Michael W. Smith to Wagner (if

The REASON of the Season

Last fall, I scribbled a quick blog concerning an atheist advertising campaign in the New York City subway system that raised questions about belief in

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