Pullman on Lewis
The Problem is Old Media
Sin So Clearly Displayed: A Review of American Gangster
The 50 Smartest People In Hollywood
The CNN-YouTube Republican Debate: How Mike Huckabee Got it Wrong
Last night’s CNN-Youtube debate was fascinating for a number of reasons. One was the moment that a sarcastic-looking kid basically asked a question about biblical inerrancy and the following took place:
Al Mohler On Blogs and Ministry
Top Five Christmas Movies
Sesame Street: A Method to the Madness
Let’s say you want to research preschoolers, but your study requires children who are NOT able to recognize Sesame Street characters. So you, “interview,” one child. And another. And another.
Nielson Media Research has shown that it will take a long time to finish your study, because as of 2004 they found that 99% of American preschoolers recognized the Sesame Street characters.
"Black Friday" & The Christian Pilgrim
Your Life in 12 Words or Less: the Dehumanizing Effect of Facebook Profiles, Personal Ads, and Eulogies
I like to talk. In general, I feel that I usually know what the right thing is to say to a person when they need advice or admonishment. But there’s one situation where I don’t know if I’ll ever have the right words: when a person has lost a loved one. What is there to say that could ever come close to what they are going through? The sorrow, the questions, the guilt, the shock, what words exist that could be shaped to be commensurate to their experience? As difficult as these situations are, imagine if it was your job to summarize the entire life of a person within one or two sentences, not to offer eulogies or condolences, but to give readers or viewers a succinct statement that expressed what the person did with their life. Whenever I read of a murder, a suicide, or an accident, I try to note how the reporter sums up the life of a once living human in 12 words or less.
Chuck and Truth
Chuck has already forced me to ask of real life that same ethical/spiritual question: who has a right to know the truth?
“The Golden Compass”
What’s the Difference?
Sesame Street: Today's New England Primer
Daniel Boorstin is my favorite historian. He has written widely and well on some of the key players, events, and influences on both world and American history.
Perhaps my favorite piece of his work, though, is an article he wrote discussing the role of the historian called, “The Historian: ‘A Wrestler with the Angel.'” He points out that the greatest challenge for the historian is to discover the things that TRULY move history.
