Quality interweb mischief from Jared Bridges
Let’s not forget this Christmas that the babe in the manger now sits on a throne, that the gentle child is a warrior king who commands vast armies, and that he fights that we may rest in him. The God who is incarnate is making and will make all things new. As he told the … Read more
Seen in my neighborhood: Excuse the blur — the line between discretion and good photography when you’re standing behind a tree snapping shots of your neighbor’s house at night is thin. I’m not cut out to be among the paparazzi. In case you’ve lived under a rock for the past 25 Christmases, the lamp is … Read more
This observation by Eugene H. Peterson is noteworthy: We live in a culture that has replaced soul with self. This reduction turns people into either problems or consumers. Insofar as we acquiesce in that replacement, we gradually but surely regress in our identity, for we end up thinking of ourselves and dealing with others in … Read more
The Allure of Tyranny: Russians voted away their freedoms, and Venezuelans almost did. Bret Stephens takes a look at the perplexing preference for the tyrannical.
Vols 14, Tigers 21 Ten years ago — nearly to the day — I headed down I-75 with my college buddies to watch Tennessee take on Auburn in the first SEC Championship game to be played in Atlanta. It was Peyton Manning’s final conference game, and I gathered together my meager savings and bought a … Read more
Sorry Jerry Springer and Montel Williams, you’ve just been put out of business.
My kids think this is the funniest song in the world: Jim Henson, we hardly knew ye.
Vols 52, Wildcats 50 For the second week in a row Tennessee tried to give a football game to the other team. And for the second week in a row, the Vols were told that their charity was unwelcome. Games like this — especially when it involves the Volunteers — are best watched in the … Read more
The Lukashenko regime never fails to make the grade: UN Committee Slams Belarus’ Human Rights
The New York Times has released its list of 100 Notable Books of the Year