In defense of The Polar Express

December 25, 2024

In defense of The Polar Express

The Polar Express came out 20 years ago last month. It’s hard to believe that two decades have passed since it hit theaters. I remember watching at the time, not particularly interested in it. More than that, there was a bit of an eerie quality to the whole thing. In the decades since, I’ve become […]

Turkey is the big winner in Syria

As Christians around the world celebrate Christmas, there is no joy among the ancient Christian community of Syria. There have been Christians there longer than anywhere. Antioch, located just across the Turkish border from northwest Syria, is where the disciples of Jesus were first called Christians. How much longer Syria’s Christian community can survive, after […]

The enduring appeal of Hallmark Christmas movies

Whether you hate them or love them, there is no denying the enduring popularity of Hallmark-style Christmas movies. No other genre is able to pull off such similar plots, oddly specific festivals, and character tropes quite like the romantic holiday specials that inundate our screens every winter. Their appeal is not realism or plausibility but […]

Biden’s sickly distorted lens on crime and non-punishment

What facts are important to report in a news story about President Joe Biden commuting death sentences for 37 murderers to life imprisonment? The Associated Press’s answer is that the story must point out that during President-elect Donald Trump’s first administration, executions “may have happened fast enough to have contributed to the spread of coronavirus […]

California Democrats are letting dangerous men in women’s prisons

California Democrats are so “inclusive” and “tolerant” that they have decided to include a man in a women’s prison and tolerate the multiple rapes he has allegedly committed. The case has boiled over in Madera County, where 52-year-old Tremaine Carroll is now being protected by state judges and state law in the rape cases against […]

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Trump unlikely to bow to Ivanishvili’s Georgia corruption

In late November, following parliamentary elections marred by government-led intimidation and apparent fraud, Georgia’s government suspended efforts to join the European Union. EU and NATO accession is an explicit constitutional requirement for any Georgian government, and the vast majority of Georgians support it. Responding to this betrayal of legal obligations, tens of thousands have taken […]

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