Former Georgia Republican Rep. Bob Barr launched a Libertarian Party presidential bid Monday, promising an alternative to the big government approaches of all three presidential candidates. While in Congress, Barr was a key leader in the impeachment proceedings against former President Bill Clinton. Seeing that Republicans are no longer fiscal conservatives, Barr left the Republican Party two years ago.

High school boys no longer require the internet to view pornography because their female classmates are texting sexually explicit pictures directly to their cell phones. It's a practice some are calling 'sexting' and "includes the act of text messaging someone in the hopes of having a sexual encounter with them later; initially casual, transitioning into highly suggestive and even sexually explicit," as explained by some urban culture specialists. Here is a recent story about the practice:

Brandon O'Brien's Christianity Today column, "A Jesus for Real Men," is an unfortunate example of opinion offered from cursory knowledge. A little bit of religious history is a dangerous thing. In fact, the overall consensus of O'Brien's disserts is that he misses the point and innacurately caricatures and revises John Eldredge, Mark Driscoll, David Murrow.

Brandon O'Brien's Christianity Today column, "A Jesus for Real Men," puts the masculinity of the incarnate Jesus into question. In attacking the so-called "new masculinity movement," O'Brien constructs an unfair, unbalanced caricature of men like Mark Driscoll, David Murrow, and John Eldredge and then seeks to tear down metaphors that do not agree with his more sophisticated pallet. While giving lip service to the contributions of these men he essentially argues against the straw man.

The recently announced Delta/Northwest airline merger agreement teaches us a valuable lesson about the market: Company brands do not exist forever. In our ever-changing international economic environment it would not be wise for anyone to expect to spend an entire career working for the same company brand. Change happens.

White people have specific tastes, interests, and patterns according to a new blog that has quickly reached national prominence. ABC News reports:

"Three months ago, Christian Lander was nothing more than an anonymous Internet copywriter living in Los Angeles. Today, his blog "Stuff White People Like" is a heavily-trafficked, much-discussed site that last week netted him a book deal."

If you are in your 20s or 30s and a baby boomer is discipling you, write a book about it. Your experience is an anomaly. One universal characteristic of America's first "me" generation is that they do not seem to disciple younger men. Ask a 25-year-old man in your church who is discipling him or ask a boomer man to name one younger man he is discipling and you will likely hear crickets.