Apparently we Boundless bloggers have Japan on the mind. Yesterday, Suzanne told us about Japanese divorce ceremonies. Today, I bring to your attention to a new trend in that country, a trend that seems, at least to us Westerners, equally bizarre. I’m …

The various effects technology has on us and our understanding of what it means to be human — now there’s a topic I find endlessly fascinating. Which was why I was delighted that my sister, Jenni, and her husband, Liam, both independent of one another …

“E-mail tends to rudify all communication,” says the character Rat in Sunday’s Pearls Before Swine strip. “Makes nice people sound rude. Makes rude people sound ruder.” Sure does. And sometimes, I might add, it not only makes us sound ruder, but become …

  …I thought I should say something, since an event this important shouldn’t pass unremarked. Frankly, though, it was giving me a headache. Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling pretending to discover that somewhere in the Constitution — unsuspected by …

Mashable.com decided to make yesterday, June 30, Social Media Day. Don’t think you promote social media? Think again. Take a second to stop and think about your day so far. How many times have you checked your Facebook, updated your Twitter status, wro …

What are the primary and subsidiary roles of government? And in this age of moral relativism, is it wise to make political arguments from a biblical perspective on issues like abortion and same-sex marriage? The Gospel Coalition blogger Justin Taylor t …

It’s a tale of a pastor who’s said to be indulging in homosexuality even as he denounces it. And it’s said to be a tale of outrageous hypocrisy. And actually, it is a tale of outrageous hypocrisy. But not chiefly — if at all — on the part of the past …

I just saw the latest Toy Story. No details, but a general comment: This is the rare series that’s just as enjoyable even on the third installment as it was in the first two, and if anything, more moving. Beyond their wonderful cleverness (I’d love to …