Justin: 1754 books

Instrumental music is once more rearing its ugly head among churches of Christ. Congregations are adding instrumental music to worship because they “can’t see anything wrong with it.” Maybe the instrument is added to draw more people into the assembly. Perhaps some advocate instrumental music,...

“In 1989, the Supreme Court ruled that dissidents had a constitutional right under the First Amendment to burn the flag. During the Bush Administration, Congress passed the Flag Protection Act (FPA), and so doing reflected the broad spectrum of opinion that saw the flag as a sacred symbol of American...

Lawmaking provides many opportunities for proposals to be altered, amended, tabled, or stopped completely. The ideal legislator should assess evidence, update his or her beliefs with new information, and sometimes be willing to change course. In practice, however, lawmakers face criticism from the...

A survey conducted by the United States Census Bureau in 2013 revealed that young adults who held advanced degrees usually made 23 percent more per year than employees with bachelor degrees. Even new hires typically start at a higher level and earn more money if they have an advanced degree. So why...

The increased ability of clandestine groups to operate with little regard for borders or geography is often taken to be one of the dark consequences of a brave new globalized world. Yet even for terrorists and smugglers, the world is not flat; states exert formidable control over the technologies...

It is undisputed that the country of Kenya is a haven to many great destinations for long distance athletes to train. The factors that make this country so lies on its great climatic conditions throughout the year, the places on high altitudes, the availability of many groups of athletes to train...

The Gang heads out to the Media camp to find DA's family but once there, everything seems a little too good to be true. Back at camp, Geez and the Teens find out that the mysterious woman has some plans for Justice, and then the rest of the camp that could destroy the gang hard work on their...

This is a report on the continuing controversy over Los Angeles officialdom's obsession with expanding and extending the 710 freeway corridor to accommodate freight traffic from the ports, despite the harm it already causes communities along the route, and in spite of the alternatives offered...

Catholic school teachers often ask for prayer resources they can use in the classroom. Award-winning theology teacher Justin McClain offers more than two hundred original prayers to meet those requests. This collection of short prayers is arranged by school-year-related themes and can be read by a...

Kyle stepped out for a midnight hit of nicotine, what he got was a hollow point shot of adrenaline. Primal fear and raw instinct are all he has in this hyper violent fight for survival.

A new series from the writers of CADENZA, which brings us into a world that mirrors ours. Color is king in the land of Merica. The color of one's skin determines one's background, status, standing in the eyes of the people and in some cases, one's possible fate. What happens when the lines...

On September 17, 1862, the "United States" was on the brink, facing a permanent split into two separate nations. America's very future hung on the outcome of a single battle--and the result reverberates to this day. Given the deep divisions that still rive the nation, given what unites the...

Justin Snedegar develops and defends contrastivism about reasons. This is the view that normative reasons are fundamentally reasons for or against actions or attitudes only relative to sets of alternatives. Simply put, reasons are always reasons to do one thing rather than another, instead of simply...

A Really Practical Handbook of Children’s Palliative Care for Doctors and Nurses Anywhere in the World offers really practical solutions to common problems faced by health professionals caring for dying children and their families, whatever their culture or socioeconomic circumstance. After spending...