Christianity: An article in Christianity Today argues that the Star of Bethlehem was a comet.
Recently, the President of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell, jr., urged LU students to carry guns, and be prepared to use them, in case the campus were to be invaded by terrorists. John Piper has posted a detailed, scripture-based response, stating, basically, that that's the wrong attitude for a Christian.
Health: (If you are a fashion model, anyway.) National Public Radio reports that the fashion industry may be going to require that models not be walking skeletons -- really. There have been a few deaths among them, and the super-skinny models are probably inducing anorexia in girls.
Politics: FiveThirtyEight analyzes Republican support for Presidential candidates as correlated with the education of those Republicans, both so far for the 2016 race, and for the 2012 race. Romney was strongly supported by Republicans with college degrees.
The Difference Between differentiates between Marxism and Socialism.
FiveThirtyEight also analyzes, by state, preference for saying "Happy Holidays" vs. "Merry Christmas."
NPR reports on the young Donald Trump, especially in military school.
Science: Christianity Today-related publication, Behemoth, on virgin births. (In animals, not in Bethlehem.)
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