No End in Sight
This past spring, a radio evangelist named Harold Camping proclaimed that the world would end on May 21, 2011. No one got too worked up about it except for a handful of his followers who, as the date neared, quit their jobs, sold all of their earthly belongings, and waited for God to carry them to Heaven, which God didn’t do. There were many reasons to be skeptical of Harold Camping’s prognostication, chief among them the unlikelihood that God would use a radio evangelist to send the message. It didn’t help that Harold Camping had erroneously predicted the Rapture on two previous occasions.
Editor’s Note: A Life Of Pie
If you had shown up to my house on a Saturday night when I was a teenager, chances are you were there for a slice of my dad’s homemade pizza.
Naysayer: Look Out Indy, Sports Teams Will Be Relevant
The planets finally seem to have aligned for Indy to surge to national prominence with more teams than at any time in recent memory.
Back Home Again: Gay Rites
Let us call Indiana's prohibition against gay marriage what it is: a spiteful effort to deny one group a blessing another group enjoys.
Phil Gulley: A Pledge to Bullies
"What a joy it must be to condemn people while simultaneously appearing so virtuous and true, so all-American."
Ask Me Anything: Jamie Hyneman
"It’s odd—I’m someone who is not very gregarious, doesn’t crave attention, doesn’t talk much and am not that good at it. And yet for the longest single period in my life of doing one thing, that’s exactly what’s been required of me. That’s why I’m often told I seem cranky on-camera."