Here's an article in Newsweek International on the growing trend of deliberate childlessness throughout the industrial world. This represents a boon (in the short-term) for some industries, such as real estate, restaurants and some forms of luxurious recreational travel, but it ultimately will bring negative consequences in its train. Related Posts: State of the (Marriage) Unions - Childlessness, Economic Ramifications of Childlessness, Women and Childlessness … [Read more...] about Deliberate Childlessness – an International Trend
Open Letter to Andreas Köstenberger
Dear Dr. Köstenberger, I appreciate your desire to avoid heaping judgment on singles who are fruitfully serving the Lord and enjoying what is (perhaps) merely a season of singleness. And I agree with you that many singles marry later in our culture for entirely justifiable reasons (for example, our increasingly knowledge-based economy encourages more years of study, both at the collegiate and post-collegiate level). Please forgive me that I have not read your book. Given my family budget, I simply cannot justify the purchase (and sadly many good books fall into this category!). So my … [Read more...] about Open Letter to Andreas Köstenberger
Köstenberger responds to Maken
Dr. Andreas Köstenberger responds to Debbie Maken's post. (HT: Justin Taylor) … [Read more...] about Köstenberger responds to Maken
Gift of singleness? Maken responds to Köstenberger
Joining the blogosphere, Debbie Maken responds to Köstenberger regarding the "gift of singleness." Readers of the blog might anticipate that I would want to chime in more substantively, but I have a few other projects going on right now, so I'll merely refer you to the tennis match, rather than give color commentary. That said, please note these related posts: Andreas Köstenberger on the gift of singleness, Getting Serious about Getting Married … [Read more...] about Gift of singleness? Maken responds to Köstenberger
The Media and Hillary Clinton
Brent Bozell is writing a book with Tim Graham on how the media are trying to pave Hillary's path to the presidency. His latest example is the recent Time Magazine cover story. Since I previously linked to the Time story without much comment, I thought it appropriate to link to Bozell's outstanding critique of media bias in the coverage of Sen. Clinton. Excerpt: What, then, what was the tenor of the cover story inside this week's Time? If you love the Clintons, never fear. Karen Tumulty's report still carries the usual courtier's curtsies, starting with talk of the "outsize status of … [Read more...] about The Media and Hillary Clinton
Next Step with Iran: Stiff Sanctions
August 22 was a deadline set for Iran to respond the U.N. Security Council. On the day of the deadline, Iran provided a proposal to European diplomats which the Iranians claimed cited "positive and clear signals." The Bush Administration said it is still studying the Iranian proposal but that the reply of the Iranians "falls short of the conditions set by the Security Council.....which require the full and verifiable suspension of all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities." Here is a great explanation of why "the obvious next diplomatic step is to show Iran that the world meant what … [Read more...] about Next Step with Iran: Stiff Sanctions