Has any concept from physics been more abused and imported into more inappropriate settings since, well, Einstein’s idea of relativity? Granted that picking on Deepak Chopra seems a little like shooting fish in a barrel, but still… When Heisenberg first presented it to Einstein, he made the famous remark “I don’t believe God would play…

Well, within limits… It is guaranteed to raise a cheer among those who enjoy a tipple: moderate drinkers are better thinkers than teetotallers or those who overindulge. Research by the Australian National University in Canberra suggests drinking in moderation boost your brainpower. But none at all, or too much, can make you a dullard. A…

Diogenes Allen is professor emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary and the author of numerous books on theology, spirituality, and the philosophy of religion. His book The Path of Perfect Love (second ed., 1992) is the first thing I’ve picked up of his, but so far I think he offers a very intriguing approach to the…

Paul J. Griffiths reviews David B. Hart’s new book The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami? (link via Mere Comments) From a Christian point of view, Mr. Hart notes, such events are quite easy to explain, if difficult to accept. They are dramatic instances of the fact that the world is…

Interesting piece from Radley Balko. As a believer in natural law I’m generally sympathetic.

Adam Kotsko makes a good point: there are plenty of good American beers. There’s Sierra Nevada, first of all, the official beer of the Chicago Theological Seminary. There’s Leinenkuegel’s — many varieties, made in nearby Wisconsin. Goose Island, 312 and Honker’s Ale, and who knows what other seasonal brews. Even PBR is kind of good,…

Doug Bandow reports on the messy aftermath of a war we launched against a country that didn’t threaten us, without UN approval, and at the behest of a president who acted unilaterally with few objections from a supine Congress that surrendered its constitutionally allotted war-making powers: The Kosovo war is over, but the peaceful resolution…

Much has been made of the fact that Supreme Court nominee John Roberts’ wife Jane has been affiliated with Feminists for Life. For some its a welcome (or unwelcome) confirmation of where Roberts himself may stand on the issue of abortion (side note: how good are a spouse’s political views or affiliations as a predictor…

Interesting LA Times article (via the wonderful Arts & Letters Daily) on the “death of cool.” Basically, people are sick of keeping up with the rat-race and one-upmanship involved in purusing every micro-trend that comes along in our increasingly splintered culture and are starting to pursue interests that they actually like and find personally fulfilling…

The New Atlantis has posted a new spate of articles. Of particular interest we have David B. Hart and Robert W. Jenson on John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body.” Alan Bock asks if we’re seeing a sea change of opinion on Iraq and the broader aims of U.S. foreign entanglements. John at Confessing Evangelical…