Politics & Policy

A Little Bit of Heart and Soul

By Steve Beard July 6, 2004

If your left-wing sister-in-law in West Hollywood with the “Visualize World Peace” bumper sticker on her 1982 Volvo station wagon has been hounding you to go see Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit ...

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Love & Loss

By Steve Beard June 25, 2004

Siegfried and Roy were a flamboyant cornerstone of Las Vegas entertainment for nearly 30 years with their magic tricks and striking tigers. That all changed when Roy Horn was attacked ...

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Chick Flick Flirts With Faith

By Steve Beard May 28, 2004

It is not everyday that you see a Hollywood movie featuring a well-adjusted and humorous Lutheran clergyman as the lead romantic interest. While that is not the main point of ...

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Proposing Marriage

By Steve Beard April 30, 2004

Everyone seems to be making statements about marriage these days. Pop-star Britney Spears made headlines not long ago when her spur-of-the-moment marriage in Las Vegas to a childhood friend lasted ...

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Brutal Passion

By Steve Beard February 25, 2004

A few weeks ago, my wife took our seven-year-old son John Paul to the movie theater. When he saw a marquee announcing the movie The Gospel of John, he noticed ...

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Stray Cat Patron Saint

By Steve Beard January 7, 2004

In the early 1980s, Stray Cats front man Brian Setzer stood up in the moshpit of the punk-rock/new-wave revolution and daringly waved a big, greasy flag for rockabilly. Reviving 1950s-inspired ...

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Tolkien & Civilization

By Steve Beard December 17, 2003

When you see him in person, John Rhys-Davies looks a lot taller than he does on the screen. That’s because clever camera angles and movie magic were utilized to make ...

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Catch The Big Fish

By Steve Beard December 10, 2003

Have you ever left church on Sunday and wondered how many of the captivating illustrations in the sermon were actually true? This is not to say they were lies, only ...

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’Tis The Season to Be Funny

By Steve Beard November 7, 2003

One of this season’s most enjoyable films is the new Christmas comedy Elf starring Will Ferrell, Ed Asner, Bob Newhart, Mary Steenburgen, Zooey Deschanel, James Caan, and directed by the ...

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What a Boy Needs

By Steve Beard September 19, 2003

My seven-year-old son John Paul and I have been spending a lot of time together ...