(This story was originally published in print on Feb. 14, 2019). In Guangzhou, China, my second-grade substitute teacher taught us about the basic unit of life: the cell. I recall my amazement and wonder at such a small microscopic unit and its ability to gather in bundles to create a living organism....

(This story was originally published in print on Feb. 14, 2019). On Jan. 19, a Twitter account called “Talia” posted a video that allegedly showed an altercation between students from Covington Catholic High School and an elderly Native American man in front of the Lincoln Memorial. The video...

There are two sides to every coin—unless you are one of those cheap-trick magicians who fuse the same side of two coins together. Of course, the imagery does not always apply to a coin. For Dr. Seuss, the battle was between butter-side up and butter-side down. For Batman in Christopher Nolan’s “Batman...

On Feb. 10, the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express News released an investigation which surveyed the past 20 years of sexual abuse within the Southern Baptist Convention—a collection of 47,000 protestant churches. The findings included accusations and charges against church leaders ranging from...

Gillette—yes, Gillette, the razor company—released a 60-second ad on Jan. 13 addressing “toxic masculinity.” Reactions have varied. Some support the message, some reject it and some think Gillette should lay off the activism and stick to selling razors. Whether a razor company should be engaging...

The fiery responses to the white Covington high school students’ interaction with Native American Nathan Phillips gave way to the call of fake news. With this focus, Americans have once again missed a conversation on race, specifically on whiteness. BROADER DEFINITION OF WHITE SUPREMACY Among...

Are walls immoral? Are people who support walls acting immorally? Two respected Biola faculty colleagues recently argued, in a previous article, that Christians should not support a wall at the southern border of the U.S. because to do so would be inherently immoral. In the spirit of rigorous and civil...

This story was originally published in print on Jan. 31, 2019.  Every year I have a comprehensive physical. This past year, my physician was happy with my health results. If you do not mind my saying so, the bloodwork and the cardio tests and the reflexes and the strength measurements were pretty...

This story was originally published in print on Jan. 31, 2019.  There seems to be a governing assumption in our world today about the nature and reality of power. Power is seen as good if it “accomplishes” the sorts of things I believe in. Power is bad if it does not, or worse, “accomplishes”...

At various points in their careers, historians often compile lists of the greatest presidents of all time. I am often interested by the similarities between these compilations. The top three slots are usually reserved for George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt. It is an odd trinity:...

Uppated 1/28, 3:07 p.m. This is in response to the Chimes’ opinion article entitled “Building the border wall is not immoral.” In it, the writer makes the claim that President Donald Trump’s proposal of spending $5 billion on a wall on our southern border is not immoral, but rather economically...