Are There Too Many of Us?

Freedom not harsh laws reduces family size.

Earth Hour Is Upon Us

Earth Hour is tonight, March 28. Turn your power off for one hour.

Coming Soon–The Scrolls Online

View the great Isaiah Scroll from the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Who Am I?

New book on Bonhoeffer’s poetry.

Conscience and Nursing

Should nurses who refuse to assist in lethal injections for reasons of conscience be protected?

Pro Conscience

Comment on freedom of conscience protections.

Planet Earth–Unplugged

March 28, 2009, 8:30 PM turn off all lights for one hour.

Hot Fun in the Summer Time

If you are looking for a summertime learning experience, Biblical Archaeology Review posts a list of more than thirty archaeology sites that are looking for volunteers.  At some sites, you can volunteer for as little as a week, at others you can spend the whole summer.
If you’d like to see and make history, check out [...]

Old Seal from Jerusalem

This seal was discovered the day before Halloween, 2008, in Jerusalem. It is dated to the seventh century BC, in the time of Manasseh or Josiah, kings of Judea. If archaeology interests you, you can learn more at the Israel Antiquities Authority site.
The seal is a reverse image, because it is meant to [...]

Time for a New Economy?

Communism collapsed in 1988-89 and capitalism collapsed about twenty years later, in 2008.  What both economic systems had in common is that they were big and impersonal.
Meanwhile a quiet alternative has been growing steadily–the local economy.  It means supporting business and buying products from people you actually know.  It means being able to look the [...]