Michael Jackson: A Conflicted Man-Child?

Michael Joseph Jackson, “King of Pop” and rock music icon for nearly forty years, suffered cardiac arrest and died Thursday June 25, 2009, at the age of 50.

Michael Jackson died because his heart unexpectedly stopped working, and… Read the rest

Exposing Cults at a Book Fair

For as long as I can remember, books and and the written word have been an important part of my life. In fact, I wouldn’t be who I am without them. So for me, it was a very special… Read the rest

Milk

My wife, Helen, and I had a friend and Grand Rapids’ neighbor, Dick Stien, as a guest for eight days in our Tucson home early in December. Dick tells people that he is “post gay,” so it didn’t come… Read the rest

The God Delusion

“The genie of religious fanaticism is rampant in present-day America, and the Founding Fathers would have been horrified,” so reports Richard Dawkins early on in his best-selling book, The God Delusion.

He also shares the following 1981 quote from… Read the rest

Intelligent Design: Religion or Science?

In a recent conversation with a dear friend, I mentioned my concerns about a political candidate, Sarah Palin (she could one day be a heart beat away from the American Presidency), who espouses Intelligent Design to be a… Read the rest