If you had to make a list that would for all time be known as “The Five Questions,” what would you include?

Nate Bassett Contributor Genesis 1:27-28 reads, “And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of [...]

You are either flustered or frustrated. Flustrated is not a word!

Jason McGill Assistant Editor Much has been made recently about Texas Governor Rick Perry’s comments at the tax day protests, suggesting that Texans may become so fed up with the federal government that they will want to secede from the union.  Of course, the Governor is careful to say that he doesn’t necessarily endorse such [...]

Zach Becker Editor-in-Chief ARMAGEDDON is almost here. By next spring, FOOD will be in SHORT SUPPLY. Grocery stores will be BARREN. It’s either grow your own food or turn to cannibalism!!!! Order your Survival Seeds now, or YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WILL DIE!! SurvivalSeedBank.com will send you plenty of seeds, enough to plant a whole [...]

Zach Becker Editor-in-Chief My wife and I are friends with a couple that just moved to Springfield. They didn’t want to lug their furniture half-way across the country, so they sold what they had and saved up some cash. We made the rounds with them and went down furniture row (Independence Street). Still, couldn’t find [...]

Zach Becker Editor-In-Chief I was watching Dr. Phil today (nothing else was on) and the topic for the episode was “Risky Teen Behaviors.” Specifically, they talked about teen “sexting” and the pass-out game. One parent contacted Dr. Phil and was worried that their teen was starting a new trend. Apparently, it is possible to make [...]

Nathanael Edward Bassett Contributor Neil Postman was a brilliant culture critic who proposed the theory that American education has had different “gods” at different times, reasons for education and a purpose towards learning. The “old gods” as he called them, were a sense of virtue in learning. The United States was formed by a group [...]

Let’s face it. The recession is here to stay for a while. Some people are predicting a full-blown depression even. What are you going to do about it?

Brian Michaelson Contributor Some days you just can’t be disgusted enough. Other days, you just shake your head and realize that Republicans are either too smart for their own good—or too dense. If history will be a lesson, you’d think after the first two economic debacles they created, they’d learn their lessons and not repeat [...]