Author Archives: Bob Felton

Today marks the beginning …

… of Banned Books Week, the American Library Association’s annual reminder of the importance of books and the points of view inside them — and the relentless efforts by vested interests to shut down the transmission of ideas via books. … Continue reading

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‘Family Values’ wins: Cruz embraces Trump

I speculated a few months back that maybe Ted Cruz isn’t an empty, self-absorbed sewage-being after all. Ted Cruz explains his decision not to endorse The Donald. A day after being booed off the Republican National Convention stage, Texas Sen. … Continue reading

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My kind of myth

Paul Bunyan, unpretentious plaid, a blue ox whose hooves are so large that they gouged-out the Great Lakes … what’s not to like? And there is absolutely no record anywhere that Bunyan ever urged the death of anybody. My kind … Continue reading

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Bizarre theology-related tweet of the day

Fight the deceitful, fleeting pleasures of the iPhone with the true, lasting pleasures of knowing Christ. https://t.co/CqfaPP0fkZ — Desiring God (@desiringGod) September 24, 2016

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Revisiting Noah’s Ark

Well, what do you know? Just yesterday I pointed toward Ark Encounter as some gaudy nonsense that would almost certainly persuade any thinking adult who has spent time in the real world that the story is fantastic nonsense … and … Continue reading

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