May the 4th be with you! Today we present some of our favorite bits of Star Wars floating around the cybersphere.... Yoda talking in proper English -- C3-PO and R2-D2 give a public service announcement -- the ...

Parks and Recreation star Aziz Ansari fools Anderson Cooper with a look-alike -- a child and a lion encounter one another at a Portland zoo -- Virgin airlines debutes new ice cubes -- Bruce Springsteen honors ...

Silly and serious, strict and kind, profoundly faithful and sometimes hilarious — Catholic nuns are evergreen characters on the big (and the small) screens. Here's a list of some of our favorite portrayal ...

The constructive mirror makeover -- the theology of Reinhold Bieber -- the most elaborate one-man-band you've ever seen -- Father John Misty -- and urban plant tags. See more in today's Links of Awes ...

First, there was Ryan Gosling . Then came Bon Iver. And now ... at last ... Hey Girl, it's Paul Ryan surfaces on tumblr.   (God's Politics, Humor, paul ryan, Culture, Life and Peace) First, there was R ...

If you're part of the generation who spends half the day (or more) online, it can be painful to explain new media to those who aren't as up-to-date, aka parents. But don't worry, Fuse has created a public service announcement called, & ...

A playlist for the working class: Ten songs in honor of May Day and workers everywhere. A playlist for the working class: Ten songs in honor of May Day and workers everywhere. ...

Melvin the Traveling Mini Machine -- Kickstarter's transformative mission -- and "A History of Whisteling," in today's Links of Awesomeness... “A history of ...

If I had seen just the title of Almost Amish, I probably wouldn't have been attracted to it: I'm not a fan of Amish fiction, and I've heard too much about Amish puppy mills. ...

Ed Spivey Jr. Becoming a dictator is a great way to get out of homework. BELATED CONGRATULATIONS to North Kor ...

Debra Dean Murphy Four books that encourage people of faith to bring more light and less heat to the public square—and to our pews. ...

Debra Dean Murphy The New Evangelicals: Expanding the Vision of the Common Good , by Marcia Pally (Eerdmans) Left, Right & Christ: Evangelical Faith in Politics , by L ...

is decreasingly useful. We’re framing 21st century problems within a 19th century discussion. The issues ...

Julie Polter Four novels with nothing in common except storytelling done well. Four novels with nothing in ...

Danny Duncan Collum There is no vaccine against selfishness. CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS have been a rite of passa ...

E. Ethelbert Miller "Denial / This has nothing to do with blackness. / This has everything to do with blackness." ...

$4.95 COVER The Baptist Preacher Who Banned Fried Chicken And other stories of churches on the front lines of healthy eating Die ...

Aussie grandma performs The Black Keys on spoons -- LA riots appear on Twitter 20 years later -- Stephen Colbert and Jack White meet again on The Report -- TED and NPR team to deliver new podcast -- a capella ...

Back in John Kerry’s ill-fated 2004 presidential campaign, Democrats tried to attract so-called “NASCAR Dads” – white, working-class, mainly Southern fellows – to try to blunt George W. Bush’s re-election and show folks that Kerry was not a wealthy ...

Happy 227 th Birthday John J. Audubon ! Take a look through the online version of his acclaimed BIRDS OF AMERICA . Always wanted to be on public radio but don’t have a good radio name? Enter your name and gender into this “ public radio ...

Burnside is a lot like SNL. Writers come and go each season. We’re in our Tina Fey and Amy Poelher. The men, we’re all playing the part of Tim Meadows. It’s a steady gig. I’m not complaining. Much. ...

President Obama 'slow jams the news' with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots. President Obama slow jams the news with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots on Late Night . [ L ...

Between Two Ferns to become a television show -- moves to get in shape before attending summer music festivals -- Muppets protest Goldman Sachs -- and Nick Offerman reads celebrity tweets on Conan ...

Look out David Attenborough, there’s a fleet of adorable children after your job as narrator of the BBC’s Planet Earth . Take a listen to their narration, sound effects, and attempts to pronounce David’s last name. [ Bing Boing ]     ...

According to AFP, a group of Christians gathered Sunday night to pray and protest Lady Gaga’s concert, scheduled for April 27. South Korean Christians are trying to pray away Lady ...

The problem with peaceful protests is that they lack all the headline-grabbing horror of wars and terrorist attacks. They lack the “power of attention” as filmmaker Julia Bacha likes to say. ...

WASHINGTON—William Blake, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Martin Luther King Jr. and even Helen Keller all found something to like in Emanuel Swedenborg. Emanuel who? A new book, “Swedenborg,” by author and former Blondie bassist Gary Lachman attempt ...

The newest TV show from Danish stunt artists Dumt & Farlight involves a bit called "Stupidity Captured at 2500 Frames Per Second ," and it's exactly what it sounds like. But with artful camera aesthetic, it’s mesmer ...

Children's Medieval band shows adorable talent, interactive posters for Wes Anderson's new film, Cathedral ceiling art, and some good cat videos. The patterns and shapes ...

Here are my picks in this week’s books of interest. Among my must reads are the Sunday New York Times Book Review and other book reviews I come across in various media outlets ...

Since the 1960s, Ross Douthat argues, institutional Christianity has suffered a slow-motion collapse, leaving the country without the moral core that carried it through foreign wars, economic depressions and r ...

All your links for tax day 2012: infographic of last years stats, some of the oddest deductions that were accepted, businesses giving away free products, and superheroes filing taxes. ...

With tax day approaching, read about some of the more bizzaire tax laws. X-ray images of deep sea creatures. House pets meet their mirror images in plush form. Flying car to visit International Auto Show. Expl ...

It’s hard to believe only two generations ago that an executive was within his purview to suggest to his secretary that she hike up the hem of her skirt a bit and fetch him some fresh ice for cocktails with th ...

Stream Coachella this weekend in YouTube, 17 musicians inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, playable Star Wars organ, signs of the apocalypse, art installations, and LOST as a sitcom. See this and more in ...

But maybe Caine’s story strikes us because in him we see the embodiment of something we’d like to think the American people still are, but haven’t seen in evidence much anymore. I ...

Infographics on chimpanzees -- the Titanitc -- outer space -- zombie survival -- fictional birthdays. INFOGRAPHIC OVERLOAD: A complete guide to the birthdays of televi ...

Jon Stewart compares Easter and Passover, The Lion King surpasses The Phantom of the Opera in sales, Central Africa's only all-black symphony gaining attention, Rube Goldberg machine sets new world record ...

Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation By Elaine Pagels, Reviewed by Dale B. Martin Among my must reads are the Sunday New York Times Book Revie ...

Still looking for Easter links? Check out this compilation of 65 of the sketchiest Easter bunnies . [ Buzz Feed ] April is National Poetry Month – find 30 ways to celebrate. [ Poets.org ] This University of Nebraska professor is a popul ...

“When you remember me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your mind even though countless years and miles may stand betwee ...

Google Street view goes to inside the White House. Painting walls by whipping hair. President Obama gives the Vulcan salute in the Oval Office. Woody Allen's new film. Marshall amplifiers. The Beatles ...

yrics of The Smiths and their Manchunian contemporaries and used them -- brilliantly and powerfully -- to retell in a thoroughly modern milieu the greatest story ever told. The mu ...

structures in 19 th -century literature with ones on the tensions of marriage (de Botton notes that both ...

The best part of Easter(you know, besides celebrating Jesus resurrecting from the dead, providing salvation for the world)? Cascarones! Growing up, Easter weekend meant a giant fa ...

So does the popularity of The Hunger Games offer good news for those of us concerned about American civilization and the younger generation? I say yes, for a few reasons. The Hu ...

All videos on today's Links of Awesomeness. Watch a legless skateboarder show some incredible tricks at a contest in Tampa. OK Go debuts a new colorful music video, Improv Everywhere shows some impressive ...

And this experience is not just anecdotal. At this writing, Bethke’s video had been viewed more than 19 million times ...

Ed Spivey Jr. In fact, my knowledge of Brazil is limited to that tall Jesus statue overlooking a city, and the fact people can be naked o ...

Julie Clawson What The Hunger Games and the gospels have in common. “THE WORLD will be watching,” runs the ta ...