Americans are easily the most economically prosperous people to ever walk the earth. Why do we seem so miserable? Angry? Dissatisfied? Full of grievance? We are living proof that money doesn’t buy happiness, but that never stops us from giving it our best shot. Our national discontent shows up regularly Read more…
It’s official: America is losing its religion. According to Pew Forum, Gallup, the General Social Survey, and several other studies in recent years, this downward trajectory in American religious belief has been the trend for decades. But since 2001, the de-Christianization of America has progressed with startling speed. What happened? Read more…
As the race for the Oval Office was heating up back in 2012, I published a little column that caught CNN’s attention: “WWJVF: Who Would Jesus Vote For?” I had written it because candidates on all sides — even Obama — were invoking the King of Kings to support their Read more…
In April, I published my list of The Top Ten Evilest People of All-Time. It was, I admit, a joy to be Dante for a day and pronounce sentence on some of history’s greatest villains. That article got quite a reaction, as people added their own nominees to the list Read more…
“It’s a Wonderful Life is a fitting metaphor for a nation absent Christian belief. Jesus Christ said that his followers were to be like ‘salt’; that is, a people whose presence is felt for the good that they do.” Larry wrote this column for CNN. It was published on Christmas Read more…
This week it was our great joy to attend our son Christopher’s graduation from Beeson Divinity School at Samford University. It is a long 3.5-year rigorous program to achieve this professional degree. Christopher has been equal to the task and we were thrilled to celebrate this solemn occasion with him. Read more…
New developments in the famous banana duct taped to the wall. It turns out that the fruit in question was actually a fraud. Little did last Friday’s afternoon onlookers at the Gallery of the prestigious Art Basel in Miami know that “The Comedian,” created by world-renowned Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, Read more…
The Taunton Men love college football. A couple of years ago, we started an annual tradition: we would travel to one of the sport’s iconic stadiums to see one of the “blue bloods” play in what we hope will be a good game against a team other than Alabama. By Read more…
It has been quite some time since we gave you an update on progress at Duck River. For the uninitiated, Duck River Ranch is a property about an hour north of Birmingham, Alabama. We have been developing it for more than a year. (You can read the introductory blog here.) Read more…
In 1955, Nobel laureate John Steinbeck wrote a hilarious letter to Marilyn Monroe requesting an autographed photo of the starlet preferably “in a pensive, girlish mood.” But the photo, he assured her, wasn’t for him. It was for his nephew. Yeah. Sure it was. Read the full story at openculture.com Read more…