Josh Benner

Category: Culture

  • The NFL, human nature, and theology

    Like so many others, I was watching football last night when what clearly appeared to be an interception was ruled a touchdown. The handling of the situation was an utter debacle. Referees who were out of position hesitating to make conflicting calls before declaring that it was a touchdown. it decided the outcome of the…

  • The eve of infamy; and where I was on 9/11

    As I write these words, the stresses of everyday life come to mind. I think of how busy I am between school, work, and other commitments. I’m so often shortsighted and allow myself to get frustrated. It’s getting late and I jot some thoughts down before going to sleep. On this night, my thoughts are…

  • Tragedy, liberty, and the firearms debate

    I don’t own a gun and I’ve never shot a gun. But I also do believe in liberty. I read a piece in the New Yorker this afternoon by Adam Gopnik. He discussed last night’s horrific tragedy in Aurora, Colorado. In a number of ways, I found the column to be little more than emotionally…

  • Colorado Tragedy: Dark Knight Rises Massacre

    12 deaths. For what? People have issues, and people have problems but it is so unfathomable to me that a person could be filled with so much hatred that they would take out that rage on strangers. Because it’s not just 12 deaths. It’s 12 families who have to live with that death every day…

  • Man files complaint over restaurant offering discount to people with church bulletins. Have we lost our mind?

    I heard about this story on the Mark Levin radio show. A Pennsylvania man has filed a complaint against, Prudhomme’s Lost Cajun Kitchen a restaurant in Columbia, PA on the grounds that they discriminated against him when he noticed on the restaurant’s website that they offer a discount on Sundays to people who present a…