I saw the new Dane Cook / Jessica Simpson movie, Employee of the Month, last night. It wasn’t the worst movie I’ve ever seen nor was it the best. But the interesting thing about the movie was the emotional climax—the point where Cook had seemingly lost everything and was presented with two alternatives. He could [...]

I finally had the chance to sit down and read the Pope’s recent speech that caused an uproar around the world. It was interesting to see how little of the speech actually referred to Islam, and how the quote he used was just an introduction to a brief historical survey of religious trends. At any [...]