by Mark McEntire | Feb 16, 2010 | Opinion
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., used a text from the biblical book of Genesis at a recent conference sponsored by the Republican Jewish Coalition to argue that the United States should take a particular political stance in relation to the modern state of Israel....
by Mark McEntire | Sep 30, 2009 | Opinion
What’s harder than finding a needle in a haystack? Proving there isn’t one. In 1997 Michael Drosnin created a sensation with “The Bible Code.” The book claimed that evenly spaced letter sequences in the part of the Hebrew Scripture known as the...
by Mark McEntire | Nov 20, 2008 | Opinion
Even when style is the only factor considered, genres cannot function as discrete categories. They necessarily overlap. In the end, categories of either type turn out to be a matter of convenience, primarily for the task of marketing. Still we are accustomed to...
by Mark McEntire | Oct 14, 2008 | Opinion
The title song opens the collection by juxtaposing elaborate pleasures with simple ones. It comes closer to rock-and-roll than any other selection on the album and grabs the attention of the listener, alerting us to the significance of the word “day,”...
by Mark McEntire | Oct 8, 2008 | Opinion
To some, Solomon’s request for wisdom was admirable, and God’s decision to grant him this and the wealth he did not ask for was a confirmation of the goodness of his request. To others, his response was manipulative. One of my colleagues and close friends...