Seinfeld is a popular television comedy based on the humor of comedian Jerry Seinfeld. In an episode entitled "The Fire," Jerry's friend, George Costanza (Jason Alexander), attends a child's birthday party at an apartment at the request of his girlfriend, Robin. While a clown is providing entertainment for the kids, Robin's mother approaches him: "Excuse me—you must be George. I'm Robin's mother. ...

Bernard Ebbers stood before the judge and asked for mercy. The former CEO of WorldCom had recently been indicted for orchestrating an $11 billion accounting fraud that shut down the telecommunications firm in 2002, yet he asked for mercy.

His company's collapse represented the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history and devastated the lives of thousands of employees, yet he asked for mercy.

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In Lodi, California, in March of 2006, a city dump truck backed into Curtis Gokey's car. The car was damaged badly, so Gokey sued the city of Lodi for $3,600.

There is a catch to the story: Curtis Gokey was driving the city dump truck that crunched his personal car. And he admitted it was his fault. The city dropped the lawsuit, stating that Gokey could not sue himself.

Like Mr. Gokey, we are often ...

Set in the 1950s, Mona Lisa Smile tells the story of Katherine Watson (Julia Roberts), a free thinking art history professor at Wellesley College, who stirs up her students with new ideas of freedom of expression and individuality.

One of her students, Elizabeth Warren (Kirsten Dunst), lives the perfect life of a Wellesley girl. From a powerful and respectable family, Elizabeth enters into a life of ...

If Jesus makes you feel comfortable with your agenda, then he's not Jesus…. Once you domesticate Jesus, he isn't there any more.

When Virginia's Henrico County School system decided to get rid of 1,000 laptop computers, they offered the 4-year-old Apple iBooks to the public for $50 each. People started lining up hours before the sale was to take place at the Richmond International Raceway.

One woman was so desperate to hold on to her place in line that she wet herself rather than give it up. By the time the gates opened at 7:00 ...

The genius of Christianity takes the words of Paul "who gave himself for our sins" as true and efficacious. We are not to look upon our sins as insignificant trifles. On the other hand, we are not to regard them as so terrible that we must despair. Learn to believe that Christ was given, not for picayune and imaginary transgressions, but for mountainous sins; not for one or two, but for all; not for ...

Rock star Courtney Love isn't used to waiting in line. She's used to the fame that came with her marriage to mega-star Curt Cobaine of the rock band Nirvana. She's used to the front cover of Rolling Stone magazine (October, 1998), and the wealth that came with her multi-platinum selling albums.

She's used to the black stretch limousine that dropped her off in front of the Manhattan Criminal Court building, ...

How significant is the influence of Princeton philosopher Peter Singer? Marvin Olasky writes:

The New York Times, explaining how his views trickle down through media and academia to the general populace, noted that "no other living philosopher has had this kind of influence." The New England Journal of Medicine said he has had "more success in effecting changes in acceptable behavior" than any philosopher ...

What does Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith, have to say about absolute truths?

First, there is an interchange between Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who has allied himself with the evil Sith:

Anakin: “If you're not with me, you're my enemy.”

Obi-wan: “Only a Sith deals in absolutes.”

Later, though, Obi-Wan himself deals in an absolute, as he attempts to ...