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Thirty-five Years and Forty-five Million
This year marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision which effectively codified the right of women to procure an abortion. It is an anniversary that demands somber reflection on the past thirty-five years as well as a hopeful look to the future. It is unlikely there is a more contentious issue in modern American politics than abortion. Both sides of the issue are passionate and use the issue as a litmus test for both political candidates and judicial nominees. However, while the issue is polarizing, I believe there is common ground. -
Decision 2008
The Presidential political season is in full effect once again in these United States, although “season” may be misleading because it seems the next election cycle begins as soon as the previous election ends. While some of the candidates from both parties are more hated or less liked than their peers, America ultimately remains a nation divided... -
What I learned from Survivor: Fiji
I’ve got a confession to make. I watch reality TV. I know it’s a waste of time and some sort of intellectual heresy to do so but I can’t help it. It’s my guilty pleasure. I haven’t watched “Survivor” in years but got hooked early this season when my friend Jason convinced me to give the show a chance. I did, and I’m glad. I learned a lot about people during this microcosm of sociological experimentation that I think is worth sharing. -
Fair and Balanced: Your News at Six
Media in all its forms is inextricably linked to twists and turns of culture. Rather than being passive reporters of the happenings and trends in society, media regularly drives the discussion. -
The God Debate
Christianity must be more than a private religion. If Christianity isn’t present in public, it’s powerless in private. The most damaging attack that can be made against Christians today is a failure to live as though we have been changed. -
Dumbledore and the Art of Christian Protest
With the publication and release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, it seemed likely that the series would continue its run of successful movies and merchandise sales free from any future controversy. That may have changed in late October. -
Fame
By Chris Beasley “I’ll make you famous.” Thus states Billy the Kid in one of the greatest movies ever made, Young Guns 2. Okay, that might be a stretch. But the quote strikes at one of the universal desires of people. We have a fascination with fame – a morbid, unhealthy fascination. Grocery store tabloids, web-page gossip sections, cable pop-culture shows, and even the networks nightly news all fill our desire to have the latest information on people who are famous. It doesn’t even matter what they’re famous for or why they’re in the news. -
Blasphemy Challenge
By now you’ve surely heard of the Blasphemy Challenge (www.blasphemychallenge.com). If you haven’t, you should have. Blasphemy Challenge has been in Christian magazines, on network news, and has been referenced in several syndicated shows. I’ve hesitated to write an article about the Blasphemy Challenge because there are plenty of people fired up about this one and it seems too easy to be on the right side. But, alas, I concede it’s simply too important to pass up. -
7-7-07
By Chris Beasley 7.7.07. Surely this had to be an important day. It was important to me for a couple of reasons. First, my incredible wife, Stephanie, turned 31. Since I’m still thirty, it was a good day for me to gloat concerning my relative youth and make jokes about her getting old. Second, 7-7-07 was the kickoff of Live Earth. If you missed Live Earth, you missed perhaps the greatest concert event ever televised or broadcast. More than 100 musical acts and dozens of celebrities from various places joined together to provide “Concerts for a Climate in Crisis.”