A favorite tactic of creationists is to ask the question, “How do you know (about dinosaurs, mountain building, the Grand Canyon, or any fact you bring up)? You weren’t there.” Ken Hamm in particular likes to use this strategy, and he teaches it to kids all over the country. Those who bring this query up […]
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I stared at the return address on the envelope in slight disbelief. It was from my former brother-in-law. Emphasis on the word “former.” David was living in Monument, according to the return address. I waited, in spite of my curiosity, to open the letter until I had privacy and time to carefully consider its contents.
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The United States not only incarcerates more people than any other country, but we are one of the few that executes people. A Christian nation that sanctions state killing is a contradiction that requires some thoughtful consideration. One doesn’t need to be a biblical scholar to figure out Christ’s view of capital punishment. Trials like
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A few summers ago, just as I was beginning to publish Greenwoman, my first magazine venture, I watched the documentary The September Issue with my teenage daughter Lily. The film is a behind-the-scenes look at Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and her staff during the creation of their fall fashion issue, the most important issue of the
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I once got into a flame war with a 9/11 truther. It was totally by accident. He had stolen the email distribution list from one of my colleagues and had sent me some nonsensical garbage in which he “proved” mathematically that concrete floors have the same air resistance properties as a silk parachute. I fell
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As a Millennial, I get tired of everyone calling us the lazy generation that will never contribute anything useful to the Great American Dream. They think our day consists of smoking weed and shoving our face in a Cheetos bag while we watch the latest episode of Breaking Bad. However, that stereotype doesn’t fit for most
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