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 …
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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 …