Obama and Christie: A Parable for Our Country?

Obama and Christie: A Parable for Our Country? By Charles Strohmer and Kenny Woodhull The day after hurricane Sandy devastated coastal New Jersey, Barack Obama and Chris Christie met and blew some minds. The sight of President and New Jersey Governor refusing to play politics with Sandy irritated some on the far right and far […]

The Middle East Now, and Its Not Pretty Near Future

The Middle East Now, and its Not Pretty Near Future For this post, I’m breaking a rule never to post anyone else’s thoughts without commenting on them myself. So I’ve got to hand it to Hussein Agha and Robert Malley, who co-authored an article on the Middle East in the current New York Review of […]

Is There a Gospel in the Stars?

Although this article was originally published in 2000 (Christian Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 4), it remains a seminal piece about a controversial topic that still draws discussion on the Web. Unlike many public Christians, I have am critical of the theory. See what you think.

Nancy Pearcey (conversation)

Charles Strohmer talks in depth with author Nancy Pearcey about intelligent design, creationism, and evolution.

This conversation was originally published in Openings #23, July-Sept, 2006.

Changing Tough Hearts & Minds

Is rational dialogue with a terrorist possible? More significantly, can the mind of a person committed to terrorism be changed? There are some surprising conclusions coming from the field.

GM Food: Hard to Swallow

Emerging genetic technology promises us vast new opportunities in the food industry. But there are many controversies and many unknowns, giving the question “What’s for dinner?” new weight and urgency.

This article is short primer on genetically modified (GM) foods, including its most controversial aspect, terminator seeds, and some ethical thoughts about their use and regulation.

Originally published in re:generation quarterly, 6.4; 2000. Edited slightly for the Web.

Am I a Liberal?

Three times that I know of last year I got caught in the crossfire of America’s so-called culture war by three people who think they know me better than I know myself. Each responded to pieces I’d written be labeling me ‘liberal ‘— end of discussion. The epithet shut down any further thinking on their part about what I had been arguing for or against, like dragsters braking hard at the end of a quarter-mile run.