Books
Good Will Hinton Interviews Richard Doster about Safe At Home
by Will Hinton ()
Listen in as I interview Richard Doster, author of the new book, Safe At Home.
Safe At Home is the story of how a small town in the South in the 1950s grapples with having its minor league baseball team integrated. Not only did this book rekindle my love of baseball but it illuminated race relations in the pre-Civil Rights era in an authentic and compelling voice.
Richard and I discuss his inspiration for the book, how he dealt with writing about sensitive issues of race, and how sometimes ordinary people can change things. read more »
Good Will Hinton Interviews S.E. Cupp about Why You're Wrong About The Right
by Will Hinton ()
Listen in to this week's interview with S.E. Cupp, co-author of Why You're Wrong About The Right: Behind The Myths: The Surprising Truths About Conservatives. In it, we discuss common myths about conservatives (they are mean-spirited, uptight, humorless, homophobic, etc), the role of pundits such as Ann Coulter and Neil Boortz in perpetuating certain myths, the presidential campaign, Bush's legacy, and what the future holds for conservatism.
I'm generally not inclined to read books like this, but after this interview I likely will read it.
Good Will Hinton Interviews Andy Crouch About Culture Making
by Will Hinton ()
Listen in to an interview with my friend Andy Crouch, editorial director of for The Christian Vision Project at Christianity Today. Andy has written a new book released this week called Culture Making: Rediscovering our Creative Calling. In this interview, Andy and I discuss an alternative to Christians seeking to change culture through politics, why non-Christians shouldn't fear Christians seeking to create culture, and examples of culture making.
I highly recommend checking out Andy's new website, Culture Making, and getting his new book.
Culture Making referenced in this interview:
Chick-Fil-A
In-N-Out Burger
Kiva
Prison Entrepreneuership Program
Good Will Hinton Interviews Daniel Radosh, author of Rapture Ready
by Will Hinton ()
Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting Daniel Radosh, author of the new book Rapture Ready. Daniel wrote the book to investigate Christian pop culture and came away surprised at what he found. I highly recommend checking out his book.
Daniel and I had a great time discussing the "Culture War" and civility in the public arena. While I am sure that Daniel and I have many differences, I couldn't have found a better guy to enjoy a morning chat with.
Good Will Hinton Weekly Podcast: Chris Heuertz of Word Made Flesh
by Will Hinton ()Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing my friend Chris Heuertz, Executive Director of Word Made Flesh. Chris has a new book arriving on bookshelves next month called Simple Spirituality: Learning To See God in a Broken World. In this interview, Chris and I discuss his time in India with Mother Teresa, his impetus for this new book, and how this idea of spirituality can sometimes conflict with common perceptions of Christianity in a Western culture.
For those of you disillusioned with Christianity or those who lament the state of organized religion, I encourage you to check out how Chris and his community is "serving Jesus among the poorest of the poor." read more »
Book Review - A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
by Expat Teacher ()Daniel Pink argues in his new book, A Whole New Mind, that America is moving from an information age to a conceptual age and those who want to succeed must use their entire minds now. Pink sees the increase in abundance, affluence and outsourcing to Asia as a revolution in civilization. It mean that what worked in the 20th century most certainly won't work in the 21st. read more »
Pornified: How Pornography is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families
by Expat Teacher ()Welcome to Pornified America. Pornography, once the taboo vice that no one dared mention, has become part of our daily lives - affordable, accessible, anonymous, and, increasingly, acceptable. The all-pornography, all-the-time mentality is everywhere -- on the covers of mainstream men's magazines; in the promotion of music, movie, and television celebrities; and in the advice columns of women's magazines. The Internet is bursting with hardcore pornography, just a mouse-click away; cable and pay-per-view challens teem with porn; and "adult superstores" reel in customers off the interstate. The days of Playboy magazine wrapped in plain brown paper seem quaint.
How Soccer Explains the World
by Expat Teacher ()Soccer is much more than a game, or even a way of life. It is a perfect window into the crosscurrents of today's world, with all its joys and its sorrows. In this remarkably insightful, wide-ranging work of reportage, Franklin Foer takes us on a surprising tour through the world of soccer, shining a spotlight on the class or civilizations, the international economy, and just about everything in between.
Loving Your Country
by Curt ()Pat Conroy, one of the best American novelists of the past few generations, has a soul-searching article about his participation in Vietnam War protests. Because Conroy's novels are so personal, I think anyone who has read them (especially The Great Santini) will find this article interesting.
An Honest Confession by an American Coward read more »
Boycott Ann Coulter
by Will Hinton ()I am somewhat reluctant to write about Ann Coulter this week. The last thing I want to do is help her sell more copies of her book. But I am willing to take that chance in order to denounce her, to show that she is one of the greatest danger that exists to the conservative movement.
Ann is in the news of course because of the release of her new book Godless: The Church of Liberalism. As part of the book release, Ann is of course making the rounds at various media outlets to plug her book. Early this week she went on the Today Show to talk to Matt Lauer about her new book.
In particular, Matt Lauer questioned Ann about this excerpt from her book talking about some of the 9/11 widows.
"These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by griefparrazies. I have never seen people enjoying their husband's death so much."
Captain Ed says it best about this:
...impugning the grief felt by 9/11 widows regardless of their politics is nothing short of despicable. It denies them their humanity and disregards the very public and horrific nature of their spouses' deaths. The attacks motivated a lot of us to become more active in politics in order to make sure our voices contribute to the debate, and it is impossible to argue that the 9/11 widows (and widowers, and children, and parents) have less standing to opine on foreign policy than Ann Coulter...
Of course Ed isn't the only conservative denoucing Coulter on this.
Hugh Hewitt:
Ann Coulter owes an apology to the widows of 9/11, and she should issue it immediately. This is beyond callous, beyond any notion of decency. It is disgusting.
this sort of savage attack on people who have suffered a horrible tragedy is beyond any excusing and, really, beyond any apology. Coulter, who was a friend of Barbara Olson (killed on the plane that hit the Pentagon), should know better; heck, any first-grader would know better. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
...she is embodying everything I currently cannot abide in the "conservative movement", the arrogant presumption of absolute moral certitude (which is ugly, ugly, ugly coming from the left, so honey, it's not pretty when it's from the right, either), combined with the sense of over-confidence which is sending so many on the right into a self-destructive Roy Moore/Tom Tancredo plunge off a cliff.
this nastiness is uncalled for. Even if something is actually felt deep inside -- even if you're filled with toxic hatred for very annoying, very presumptuous, very left-leaning women with an overweening sense of entitlement -- most people would find less abrasive ways to express such an emotion.Does that mean that Ann is just more honest than us "nancy boys"? read more »
