Some 15 years ago my aunt and uncle gave me the gift of goat for Christmas.

Let me rephrase: They didn't give me an actual goat, but they donated a goat -- in my honor -- to a village in a third world country.

At 15, I was...

I like Ashton Kutcher as much as the next guy. In fact, I probably like Ashton Kutcher more than the next guy. Therefore, it pains me to say this:

I don't think he can pull this Two and a Half Men thing off.

I think the ship is sinking, and...

Last night, while watching Survivor, I felt I was looking in a mirror.

I had this same experience last season, too.

Meanwhile, I would be shocked if it didn't happen to me in a future season, as well.

And, no, I don't say this simply because I was once...

Six years after being on the show, I still have countless people approach me with the question "What does it take to win Survivor?"

In fact, because the new season's premiere is tonight, I just had someone approach me via my blog this morning and, amid...

On Monday night's episode of "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart took a satirical look at "The Day We Forgot the Lessons of the Day We Swore We Had Sworn We Would Always Remember." To introduce this piece, he led with footage of Jerry Falwell's infamous remarks about the...

When I was a boy, which wasn't terribly long ago, American public education was not anathema to Christianity. I should know: I grew up as a Christian in public schools. Things in public schools then (the 80s and 90s) weren't very different than they are today, but sadly our nation,...

In looking back at the long, full life of recently deceased West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd, we can glean countless lessons. Here was a man who served in the Senate for over a half-century, a man who reportedly kept a worn copy of the Constitution in his shirt pocket at...

And yet again: The United States is a letdown at the World Cup.

Sure, we made it to the knockout round, finishing first ahead of the Brits in our qualifying group. Sure, we had a couple matches where we displayed last minute heroics, heroics that caused America's bars from Manhattan...

After watching this week's Real Time with Bill Maher and subsequently reading various criticisms of the show's segment wherein Maher and his panel discussed atheism vs. religion, I find myself in a very interesting spot: I want to defend Bill Maher.

Now, Maher is undoubtedly anti-religion.

Meanwhile, I...

We want the world to know we're out there:

Christians who love Jesus but don't use him as a crutch. Christians who prefer peace and social justice over political capital. Christians who don't measure self-worth by whether we're able to convince you to see things our way.

We're out...

I had to get my driver's license renewed the other day. As always, the DMV was a huge pain in the caboose. I honestly believe that, were Christ to have come to earth today (as opposed to when Rome was still kicking ass), he would have, in his sermons,...