Take surrealism. Mix in Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, The Lady from Shanghai, the "Big Blow" of 1935, the Spanish Civil War, the Black Dahlia, and Castro's conquest of Cuba and you have the sweep of this book. Now, mix in noir prose (a hard-bitten style that seems to thriv...

In What He Must Be …If He Wants to Marry My Daughter Voddie Baucham Jr. does Christian dads a favor.  He challenges them with a biblical vision of Christian courtship; and he cushions his challenge with a clear cut, easy to read, guide for how to think and plan about their daughter’s fu...

"Who is the Antichrist?"..."I am convinced that Christians should free themselves from the idea that the Antichrist can come from anywhere, Heaven or Hell, and that he will manifest himself s an evil person who will impose his dominion by force. Dear friends, the contrary is the case. The Antichrist...

In the Christian life, progress is ultimately made through learning. We do not become better Christians by pursuing good works which are divorced from an increasing understanding of God; but rather, our good works increase, by the power of the Spirit, as we grow in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Ch...

Voddie Baucham Jr. has just written a fascinating and somewhat provocative new book: What He Must Be …If He Wants to Marry My Daughter (Crossway).  Crossway was kind enough to give me a preview of the book, and my wife and I were quite pleased as we skimmed through it last night.  Baucham is...

REVIEW SUMMARY: A good "Literary" book with some science fictional content. MY RATING : BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Rick Hamilton finds himself on a parallel Earth where his wife did not die in a car crash. MY REVIEW : PROS: A respectable (and accessible) examination of reality; the "Many Worlds" trope is put t...

Anyone that receives BaseballHQ's Free Friday Newsletter has likely seen this already. Alex Patton , one of my favorite fantasy baseball analysts and one of the longest lasting, wrote a piece for the newsletter reviewing a few Fantasy Baseball publications. For those that did not see it you can find...

Today, I spoke with Julia Angwin , who works for the Wall Street Journal and is the author of Stealing MySpace.  In this interview she talks to us about her new book, the story of MySpace, how it compares to Facebook, and if MySpace is safe for kids. What is unique about the story of MySpace? “My...

This week we’ll get to see the White House explosion that they prematurely previewed 2 weeks ago and Jack Bauer’s JBKC is at 24. I’m expecting that will rise significantly this week. Also predicting a death for Bill Buchanan, and maybe Senator Meyers and Aaron Pierce as well. We mi...

In the Christian life, progress is ultimately made through learning. We do not become better Christians by pursuing good works which are divorced from an increasing understanding of God; but rather, our good works increase, by the power of the Spirit, as we grow in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Ch...