Billy Ray Cyrus is famous for at least two reasons: his hit song Achy Breaky Heart, and his handful of a daughter, Miley Cyrus (sometimes…
It may not seem like a great time to be talking about good news in the book world. After all, news headlines report that 2,500…
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) is one of my favourite writers, and his 1908 volume Orthodoxy is one of my favourite books. He was an English…
There are always attempts being made to water down the Christian story, and that is certainly true at Christmas time. What is meant to be…
It may have been “twenty years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play,” as the Beatles sang about in their 1967 album “Sgt.…
Those who know of the work of C.S. Lewis only through the Narnia film series will only just now have gotten to know a rather…
I have written before about our celebrity shams who preach one thing but do another. There are plenty of examples of the Hollywood set, the…
(Caution: adult-only content) With moral decline reaching epidemic proportions, it is hard to find much of anything nowadays to actually shock us, move us, or…
When Neil Postman wrote his 1985 book, Amusing Ourselves to Death, he may not have known just how literal his warnings would prove to be.…
The number one song in the year I was born was by Patti Page. It was, “How Much is That Doggie in the Window?” Ten…
Two capable and determined contestants. One monumental battle. The competition will be fierce, and the stakes will be high. But there can only be one…
In ancient Rome the masses were pacified with bread and circuses. Today in the West we find ourselves in the same mind-numbing and soul-destroying situation.…
Right now a lot of unanswered questions surround the latest mass killing, this time in the UK. Derrick Bird is now one of Britain’s most…
Hollywood has a big problem. It is constantly facing a major dilemma involving two well-established facts. Fact number one: The denizens of Hollywood are overwhelmingly…
It seems the higher up one climbs on the ladder to superstardom, the more license one has to being a complete twit. Of course there…
In terms of amazing techniques, stunning visual imagery, and incredible special effects, Avatar is certainly a winner. While the blockbuster film may be breaking box…
When a politician today talks about the importance of the Bible, you can expect there to be a swift and stern reaction. Federal Opposition leader…
If you knew the world was going to end in one week, would you do anything different? I recently posted a question quite similar to…
This is an article about reading. If you don’t like reading, you will not likely enjoy this piece. Then again, if you don’t like reading,…
The last few days I have been sitting around in disbelief, wondering if the world has gone mad – or at least many members of…