U.S. is still overwhelmingly Christian
An article in the LA Times reports on a Pew Forum study shows that the U.S. is still overwhelmingly Christian. According to the study, 78.4…
An article in the LA Times reports on a Pew Forum study shows that the U.S. is still overwhelmingly Christian. According to the study, 78.4…
Is there a physiological component to cultural differences? Researchers at MIT used MRI scans to study the brains of Americans and East Asians while solving…
A man in Bremerton, Washington has erected a 15 foot cross in his yard, with Santa in the place of Jesus. In an attempt to…
A new movie coming out on December 7, “The Golden Compass,” is based on the first book of a three book trilogy entitled “His Dark…
The world isn’t paying much attention, but the terrorists in Afghanistan have killed a second Korean hostage. The brief articles that do make it into…
Today’s Wall Street Journal has an interesting article on the sense of entitlement among college students. Professor Don Chance at Louisiana State University observes that…
We have returned from our trip to China and I wanted to share some of my impressions with you. During the tour we didn’t really…
I have had some interesting cultural experiences so far in China. The most challenging one was a shopping trip yesterday to a big market area.…
I forgot to mention it before we left, but we are acutally on vacation in China this week and next. So if there aren’t very…
Johnny Hart, the creator of the ‘B.C.’ cartoon strip, passed away yesterday of a stoke. According to his wife, he died at his story board…
A hostage drill at a New Jersey high school, which was intended to prepare the school for a Columbine-style crisis, portrayed the gunmen as fundamentalist…
This past week there has been a lot of discussion about a decision over 4 years ago by the city of Walnut Creek to rename…