Culture

Much of the major media have openly sided with San Fransisco Mayor Gavin Newsome’s outlaw policies. How do I know this? I just read the headlines. Take, for example the many headlines like this one: “Rosie O’Donnell Weds Longtime Girlfriend.” In this article the Associated Press implicity (though it is actually overt) approves of illegal … Read more

We of the human race love to pat ourselves on the back. Think about it. We have the Academy Awards, in which the Hollywood industry pats itself on the back, and countless other award venues like it. We write resumes that tout all our wonderful experiences, education, and qualifications. We who we write weblogs are … Read more

I don’t listen to contemporary Christian music (CCM) much. Mostly because there’s little there that’s different from secular music. I know there are exceptions, but for the most part CCM’s quality is poor (I could likewise argue that most top 40 songs and artists are lacking). Every once in a while, I’ll feel guilty that … Read more

Joe Carter has an excellent discussion on the “Disease Model” v. the “Moral Model” debate. It is alarming how often our theraputic society tries to downgrade sins into disease. When a person is merely “sick,” he or she is just a victim (see also my recent post on Monster).

Actress Charlize Theron gained 30 lbs. and a lot of makeup to look incredibly ugly for the movie Monster, in which she plays Aileen Wuornos, a serial killer who was executed in 2002. Now Theron and the film’s director are using the film as a platform to speak out against the death penalty: “I don’t … Read more

When I was in college, as an advertising major, we used to spend our post-Superbowl class periods discussing the ads during the game. We would try to see how many we could recall (naming all the commercials we could remember with no aids) as opposed to the ones we could merely recognize. I can recall … Read more

Stanley Kurtz’s article in the Weekly Standard frighteningly shows how the decline of marriage (and subsquent allowance of gay marriage) has virtually destroyed the concept of the family in Scandinavian countries: SCANDINAVIA has long been a bellwether of family change. Scholars take the Swedish experience as a prototype for family developments that will, or could, … Read more

My father sent me a link to the National World War II Memorial’s website, where a searchable registry is maintained of those who fought. If you have a friend or relative who fought in WWII but is not listed in the database, you can add them. My grandfather, the late Cecil Bridges, of Alabama is … Read more

While General Wesley Clark is busy looking like a metrosexual on the cover of the homosexual magazine The Advocate [see Albert Mohler’s blog today], USA Today claims that the rise of the “metrosexual” has reached its peak: It seems a market correction, if not a backlash, is afoot. Guys’ guys, the kind who’d rather spend … Read more

I’ve always been fascinated by the phenomenon of conspiracy theories. I never watched the movie JFK, but I did take note of people’s reactions to the film, many of whom believed that the film was a factual documentary. Writing regarding the conspiracy theories surrounding Princess Diana’s death, Frank Furedi comments: Another important cultural pressure is … Read more