Check out what my #COMM4500 students are doing.

We are writing a blog about wealth and income inequality and I’m really proud of the work they’ve done so far. We’re six weeks away from the end of the semester, and I’ve promised the students that if they can hit 10,000 views by semester’s end, they’ll get pizza. Tell all your friends — even if it’ll cost …

In which I become sinfully wealthy

I’m probably going to win Powerball today (which stands at $1.5 billion, last time I checked and this be damned), and so I’m going to share my list of things I’ll do when I’m rich with you, the not-rich so that when I do win, you won’t come calling because I’ve already made plans for the cash: …

What curse word is favored in your state?

Well, in the Northeast, we like the f-word and “asshole.” The blog Strong Language geo-coded tweets, and the results are pretty — well — damning.

Kids? I gotta go.

But haven’t we said goodbye before? So we all should be getting good at it, right? This is, by WordPress’ count, my 6,776th post on Dating Jesus, the blog. I’ve fielded nearly 70,000 comments, and had 900,000+ visits. This blog has been like a really comfortable shoe that I occasionally took off to beat someone …

First World Problems

I found a new favorite blog. And thanks, Ruth, for the link..

Life is change, and change is life.

In a few short weeks, this blog will morph — again. It has happened before, and you’re not to worry yourself about having an Interwebs home to go to to discuss the weird and wonderful world of theology and politics and the intersection thereof. (And not to worry: We’ll go down the side streets of …