July 2010
5 posts
Investment Opportunity →
Connecting capital with opportunity in the developing world takes patience and ingenuity.
The doctor will rock you now →
An emergency physician uses his gig as a punk rock singer to lighten traumatic situations.
Tied up in The Knot
Like all well-behaved American brides-to-be, I am a member of The Knot.
Reading The Knot as a bride-to-be is like when you have a headache and you google “symptom headache” and become convinced that you suffer from meningitis, multiple sclerosis and tempro mandibular joint syndrome all at the same time. If you are a bride-to-be with only a moderate level of constant and gnawing...
“I am not even sure Obama’s a liberal. I call him a hedge fund Democrat.”
– Co-chair of the Socialist Party USA.
June 2010
3 posts
The Unwritten Rules of Tasteless Photography
They say those who can’t do, teach. I say, those whose creative imagination is limited to taking the same picture over and over again, will charge you $800 to point a camera and snap blindly at your wedding. Wedding photography is not the only profession that lavishes dollars on its people for their lack of talent, but according to one of my friends who is a real photographer and...
The Pros of Disputation →
Imagine if Congress had to abide by the rules of high school debate.
Ethical Quandaries →
Authors tackle business cultures, Christian music, and tortured lives.
April 2010
4 posts
Church in Crisis →
In Europe, both the church and the state have responded better to the Catholic abuse scandal than they did in America, but big problems remain.
Debt Capitals →
Neighboring states may share many things, but how they approach budgetary red ink is turning out not to be one of them.
Feelers and Thinkers →
Does a lot of our theology boil down to our own personality comfort zones? I think yes.
The Apolitical Old Evangelical →
I wonder if some “old evangelical’s” shift in political engagement—from grassroots activism to party politics—is a sign of a shift in the way some Christians view power. It is, after all, a change in believing in the power of deeply committed individuals marching on Washington, to believing in the power of a connected, networked, funded party machine.
March 2010
3 posts
“The tragedy is that in the name of resisting the internal deterioration of faith...”
– James Davison Hunter, “To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World”
The Message is the T-Shirt →
To me, the only wrong place to wear a political t-shirt is church.
Land Grabbers →
Don’t mess with a neighborhood dive bar, or with New Yorkers who have saved to buy their own homes in a city where two-thirds of the population still rents.
February 2010
1 post
Hospital Emergency →
The nation’s non-profit hospitals face high cost, big debt and a crisis of mission
June 2009
2 posts
Calvin Klein porn steals freedom →
Erika Lassen —- a Brigham Young University graduate, stay-at-home mother of five, Texas native, Virginia resident and self-described conservative —- objects to a Calvin Klein ad in New York.
Misunderestimating Palin →
In light of Joshua Green’s call to “Regulate Pundits!” let’s take a refresher course in the recent truly substantive coverage of the Letterman-Palin feud.