Day: December 3, 2012

Things I Learned from My Son’s Beginner’s Bible

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Every night before I put my son to bed, we read a story from his Beginner’s Bible. And it’s not just for beginners—the illustrations are opening my eyes to a whole bunch details that I never picked up from my lame, unillustrated Bible. So to aid the theological education of my readership, I’m going to share some of those illustrations More …

For a Better America, Break Out the Barry White and Massage Oil

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Ross Douthat says that if you want to help America, commence with the baby-making: Today’s babies are tomorrow’s taxpayers and workers and entrepreneurs, and relatively youthful populations speed economic growth and keep spending commitments affordable. Thanks to our relative demographic dynamism, the America of 50 years hence may not only have more workers per retiree than countries like Japan and More …