by Kevin Bauder | Jul 12, 2017 | Death and Dying, Ethics, Social Issues, World Events
The Central Bureau of Statistics in the Netherlands has posted the numbers for assisted termination of life (deaths due to medical decision) in 2015. The most interesting figure is the one in the upper right hand corner. These are the people whose lives were taken...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 8, 2017 | Archaeology, Ethics, Evangelicalism, World Events
Hobby Lobby issued a statement on July 5 stating that it has reached a settlement with the United States Attorney’s Office concerning its purchase of clay cuneiform tablets. The statement reads in part, The Company was new to the world of acquiring these items,...
by Kevin Bauder | Feb 9, 2017 | Missions, World Events
Amy Medina debunks ten myths that Americans entertain about Africa. Interesting.
by Kevin Bauder | Feb 7, 2017 | Argumentation and Debate, Civility, Observations, Politics, World Events
Heather Wilhelm is writing about the Trump presidency (and doing it well), but what she says actually applies to much of life. Particularly fundamentalist life. People are welcome to critique whatever they’d like, of course. These days, in fact, it seems that endless...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 5, 2017 | Journalism, World Events
I’ll report, you decide. Here’s a Washington Post headline from December 31: Russian operation hacked a Vermont utility, showing risk to U.S. electrical grid security, officials say Here’s an editor’s note at the top of that story: An earlier...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 4, 2017 | Islam, Politics, World Events
The Social Democratic Party won Romania’s elections on December 11. The party has put forward a Muslim, Sevil Shhaida, for Prime Minister. In the Romanian system, the President must nominate the Prime Minister, and (according to Nuova Europa) President Klaus...
