Culture

Looking for God in All the Wrong Places 4
- Religion, Culture, Politics, Western Civilization
- June 16, 2022
Over 40 years ago, “Lookin’ for Love” became a hit country song after appearing in the film Urban Cowboy. The song’s signature line is “I was lookin’ for love in all the wrong places.” Several times in the last few weeks, that honky-tonk tune has inexplicably come to mind, and I found myself substituting the
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What Really Happened to Justin Bieber?2
- Culture, Entertainment, Politics, Science, Uncategorized
- June 15, 2022
Everyone with a phone or computer has seen the mega-viral videos and photos of 28-year-old pop star Justin Bieber. “As you can see, this eye is not blinking,” he told his whopping 241 million Instagram followers last weekend. Bieber’s handsome face is drooping and lopsided; he “can’t smile,” his “nostril will not move,” and “there’s
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The Bitter Mirth of Today’s Headlines 3
- Culture, Politics
- June 14, 2022
Most mornings I get up around dawn, pour some coffee, and look at the headlines. Those news reports nearly always range from the dire to the ridiculous. Sometimes I laugh, sometimes I want to cry, and lots of times I fall into a funk. In this review of some headlines from the last two weeks,
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Finding Hope as Gas Prices Rise and Society Tanks 5
- Culture, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Western Civilization
- June 13, 2022
I wince inwardly while sailing past the gas station on my way to work. The price has gone up since I last drove by it … yesterday. In fact, the price seems to go up about 10 cents a day lately. At that rate, by the end of summer it will be … no, I
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Ignore the Headlines: Community Is Still Alive in America 1
- Culture, Family
- June 10, 2022
Laid up by some broken ribs, I recently spent some of my evenings watching a Hallmark series, “Cedar Cove.” (Yes, you read that correctly: Hallmark. Everybody chuckle, and then we’ll move along.) I don’t own a television or subscribe to any online movie outfits, but a DVD featuring Andie MacDowell, an actress I admire, caught
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Stopping for Cake is Not a Crime 2
- Culture, Family, Politics
- June 10, 2022
It was, Nzinga Terrell-Brown hoped, the beginning of her dream of becoming a teacher. In 2018, when she got a job as a teacher’s aide, her future looked bright. But a couple months in, she was fired—and didn’t know why. She got another teacher’s aide job but was abruptly fired again. What was going on?
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