Sarah Pulliam Bailey

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A scientist who has faith

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Chemistry was one of my favorite subjects in high school. There’s just something about discussing the periodic table of elements that makes you feel like Bill Nye the Science Guy. Thus, I was delighted to read this Houston Chronicle profile on James Tour, a successful chemist at Rice University. Okay, I’ve lost some of my chemistry enthusiasm because I forgot most of it, but this profile by Eric Berger is compelling. Tour is among the 10 most-cited authors in the world, and the reporter could have easily focused on his scientific achievements alone. But he doesn’t stop there and weaves in details about how Tour’s faith impacts his science.


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Seeking more reporting from Uganda

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When mainstream reporters write in and challenge something that we’ve published here, we always want to let that happen — especially if they will do that on the record. We want some of that discussion to happen out here on the “front page,” so to speak, rather than back in the comments pages.


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Can I get a (Ugandan) witness?

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News Flash: The New York Times believes that a small group of powerful U.S. evangelicals are forcing Ugandan policy makers into something they didn’t already want to do. I’m still trying to wrap my head around the front page article from yesterday on the anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda. The dateline says Kampala, but the article appears to be strung together from blog posts and could have been written from Antarctica.


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Nelson’s health care problem

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Ben Nelson is facing some bad news back home in Nebraska after he switched his vote to support the Senate’s health care bill. A Rasmussen survey shows 55 percent of Nebraska voters now hold an unfavorable view of Nelson, who is up for re-election in 2012, while 40 percent view him favorably. So Nelson took to the airwaves during the University of Nebraska’s Holiday Bowl on Wednesday to defend his position, but some reporters seem to forget what started it all: abortion.


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On a North Korean mission

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Earlier this year, former President Clinton helped negotiate the release of two American journalists who were held in North Korea for five months after crossing the border illegally.


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Prayers on a plane

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I spent most of Christmas in airports and in airplanes, so forgive me for dwelling on travel as of late. While we were waiting for our third flight on Friday, I read on my new phone (thank you, husband) about the attempted attack on a jetliner arriving in Detroit. There’s nothing like a terrorist scare to get you excited about flying again.


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Christmas wars vs. consumption wars

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Christmas gift giving puts our little household in a quandary. I spend hours figuring out what to get my husband for Christmas to show him the careful thought and energy I put in to finding him something he wants. He, in turn, will wait until Christmas Eve and then complain about the traffic he has to fight to get me a video game. After a long trip to the mall, I gush about finding the perfect gift for family members. He wails about the mass consumption that reeks during Christmas. Ah yes, the time of year when people give out of love and give out of necessity.


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