The Harry Potter Series: This Christian’s Perspective

In a word, astounding.
It only took me nine weeks this summer to read the seven Harry Potter books for the first time; last week, I finished book seven.  My hesitancy to read the books had frankly been one of ignorance.  Like many Christians, I initially dismissed them out of hand because they contained stories about [...]

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Postmodern Book Review: House of Leaves

“This is not for you.”
That’s the first line you read in the novel House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.  If you’re a Christian, that line may very well be true.
First let me say that the book is an incredibly innovative idea that was pulled off well.  I can summarize the layout of the book like this:
Imagine [...]

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Tamara Draut’s Strapped = CRAP

It’s the government’s fault.
That, in a nutshell, is Tamara Draut’s explanation for the bi-line to her book Strapped: Why America’s 20- and 30-Somethings Can’t Get Ahead.  In true pessimistic liberal form, Draut whines and complains for over 200 pages about the increasing costs of higher education, the rising costs of homes, the low wages everybody [...]

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