SEVENTEEN PEOPLE were shot dead at a high school in Parkland, Florida this week. Accused shooter Nikolas Cruz reportedly heard voices in his head that told him how to carry out the attack. We discuss how we should respond to abuse directed at Christians in the wake of events like this.
WE FINALLY got around to watching two of the recent movies in the Superman franchise. It reminded us how obvious it is that pop culture is doing a far better job of selling theology than the church.
MEET THE new Slenderman–an evil clown named Laughing Jack. A 12-year old Indiana girl allegedly stabbed her 50-year-old stepmother to death and setting their apartment on fire. Why? To please Laughing Jack.
THE TITLE of this week’s show is a reference to an exchange this week on QVC about whether the Moon is a planet or a star. Closer to home, we discuss Russia, ISIS, a third gender, and a flap 60 years ago, when the United States tracked a pair of “natural” satellites that suddenly appeared on radar in low earth orbit over the equator.
AN INTERESTING thing emerged into public view last week during congressional hearings and the vice presidential debate: The State Department and the White House are playing a game of C.Y.A. regarding the deadly attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The question is whether President Obama or Secretary of State Clinton will take the fall.
IN LIEU of our take on the news this week — we really don’t want to rehash the political conventions — we decided to bring back an interview from our… Read more »
IT SEEMS you can’t tune in a channel on your TV without finding a program about 2012 and the end of the world. Does something wicked this way come? Tom… Read more »
WE NOTE with sadness the passing of David Flynn yesterday, a truly original thinker who contributed some startling ideas to the analysis of the spiritual war raging around us. If… Read more »