COLUMN: Demystifying 'The Da Vinci Code'

If there is one thing I can’t stand, it is self-righteous and intolerant religious fanatics who argue against books or movies without actually reading or seeing them.

I am, of course, talking about Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code.”

Religious leaders are denouncing the book and movie as an attack on Christianity. Of course, many Christians fall in lockstep with these leaders and join in the chorus of denouncing the book and movie. Many of them have never read the book nor seen the movie. If they had, they would have realized there is nothing in the book that should frighten Christians or that contradicts Scripture.

Of the issues of concern to religious leaders, there are two items in the book that, as far as I can tell, bother them the most.



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COLUMN: Big Brother expands reach

The government net continues to grow. Authorities are quietly setting up equipment that basically tracks our every move.

Police departments across the country are purchasing a camera system for use in police cruisers to scan thousands of license plates an hour. As the police officer passes the cars, the license plate is photographed and the computer scans a database checking for warrants or stolen vehicles. When the computer makes a match it notifies officers that a vehicle of interest is nearby.

Some cities, like Baltimore, are even planning on using stationary cameras to check license plates of every vehicle that passes certain intersections.

Other than scanning the database, no one is saying what will happen to the data collected.

Can you say Big Brother?


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