Rabe Ramblings

From Doug Wilson: When it comes to food choices, I think catholic and eclectic is good -- live and let live, eat and let eat. What I can...

A couple of events that transpired this week demonstrated the profound, prescient, and...I don't know--I'm looking for one more ...

A few notes to start 2010 off on the right foot. It shall henceforth be pronounced "twenty-ten," NOT "two-thousand ten."...

According to an article in Der Spiegel (a name that always cracks me up, as does most of the German language in the post-war, Mel Brooks er...

Hey, 'dya forget about me? Sure you did. However, all is forgiven because it's November and that means it's time for another p...

Hey, it's been a while. What're ya gonna do? Life gets busy sometimes. In the meantime, here are some interesting things I've...

There is a natural and proper tendency, following someone's death, to speak words of grace and admiration. Even if the deceased was an ...

Doug Wilson ably dissects the liberal jokers who justify abortion by claiming the body's freedom from government interference on the on...

I came across an interesting story earlier today. A 9-year-old Florida boy at summer camp discovered an unusual rock on July 31st. He too...

[I never do this, but with the passing of John Hughes yesterday, it seemed appropriate to re-post some thoughts I had on him back in 2006 . ...

Well, it turns out the the "Cash for Clunkers" program is a huge hit , and why shouldn't it be? People know a sucker when the...

Doug Wilson has a little something here to make just about everyone uncomfortable. Tough but necessary words: ...Christians who live in sub...

I just want to make sure I have this straight. NFL player Michael Vick, who was convicted of organizing dog fights, was released today afte...

I'm not generally one to complain about media attention for dead celebrities. In fact, I've frequently been know to even defend it...

Despite the recent spate of celebrity deaths, the remaining members of my old "I Can't Believe They're Still Alive" list h...

CNN.com's current headline is, "Pop Star's Family Wants Answers, Says Jesse Jackson." For a minute, I thought, "Huh?...

Obviously, there's not much left to be said nearly 24 hours into the media maelstrom surrounding the sad-but-not-entirely-unpredictable ...

Like in that movie "Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind," I'm starting to wish all collective memory of Gov. Mark Sanford coul...

Sometime around the age of 30, it seemed as if someone had pressed the "double-speed" button on the remote control of my life. I ...

For any of you who are into that kind of thing (and I'm still trying to figure it out myself), I'm now on Twitter @johnrabe. The go...