America is a Christian nation. I’m finally coming to grips with that fact. For a while, I wanted to believe this country was built on democracy, not faith, but I just can’t deny it anymore. Christians keep these 50 states running. I’m convinced. Let’s start by looking at the driving...

“The Road” couldn’t have been released at a more appropriate time of the year. The holiday season is when most of us forget about our trivial problems, buy each other crap and ignorantly sing hymns about a God we don’t believe in. So what does “The Road” have to do...

There is a verse in the Bible that says something I had always mistakenly credited to Confucius, or Bono, I wasn’t sure. Ecclesiastes 1:9 reads, “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” I think that statement could not be truer than...

There were moments when I was able to relate to Max, but I did so as a childish adult relates to another childish adult. Even though I have childhood memories of playing in the snow and exploring fields and forests by myself with a scepter made out of a tree branch, I don’t think my emotions were...

Someone once told me that since I don’t offer solutions, my opinions cannot be taken seriously. Two emotions struck me when I heard this. First, I felt offended. Someone just tried to negate my personal opinions, and that hurt. What else do I have but my opinions? If I can’t share opinions,...

Before Tuesday, the last time I was in a theater was to see Step Brothers. Like all Will Ferrell movies since Anchorman, it was disappointing. I just don’t see movies much outside the house. But Away We Go held special allure. The screenplay was penned by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida. It stars...

The Top 5 Albums of 2005 1. Doves: Some Cities (Capitol) This group didn’t get any attention this year by the critics and the writers because they weren’t trying to sound like either a Southern U.S. rock band or Gang of Four. Instead, they hearken back to the elegiac days of early ’90s...