Doug Giles is the creator and host of "The Clash" radio shows, winners of seven Silver Microphone Awards and two Communicator Awards in the last three years. In addition, Doug is a popular columnist, minister and award-winning writer. His articles have been taken up by several other print and hundreds of online news sources and he is an irregular guest on both major television and radio news programs across the nation. Giles has also spawned ClashTV, which features Doug's cultural commentary put to film. This can be seen on NRB TV, DirectTV Channel 378 and online at www.ClashRadio.comM. Giles earned the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Texas Tech University and study Christianity and Culture at Knox Theological Seminary. He's the author of three books, Ruling in Babylon: Seven Habits of Highly Effective Twentysomethings (2003); Political Twerps, Cultural Jerks, Church Quirks (2004); The Bulldog Attitude: Get It or Get Left Behind (2006). His most recent book will be released in June 2007, 10 Habits of Decidedly Defective People: The Successful Loser's Guide to Life; Regal Press. His other interests include big game hunting and fishing for monster sharks. Giles is also an accomplished artist. His works may be seen online at www.DougGilesArt.com. Giles has been married for 18 years to Mary Margaret Raia, and they have two teenage daughters. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2008 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:09:54 GMT Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:09:54 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Hey, teenage girl, if sixteen of your unwed BFFs want to get pregnant before they enter the 10th grade, then you might want to keep shopping for sisters because in the realm of bad ideas, that's a boner (no pun... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles/2008/06/28/the_teenage_pregnancy_pact_brain_fart 6c77344d-612f-4234-85c9-7b0b5547e02e Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:09:54 GMT TD Jakes, Dallas based megachurch pastor and televangelist, wrote in a column for CNN earlier this month that as he listened to Barack wax eloquently during his victory speech he got "goose bumps." This comment by... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles/2008/06/21/barack_obama_gives_bishop_td_jakes_goose_bumps-which_makes_my_skin_crawl 222d3a06-7b2c-467a-bc38-16a9851bd023 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:17:02 GMT Herewith is my last installment on why I believe the church is culpable for our cultural corruption and my top ten raucous remedies to help the church with its mad cow disease. My recommendations are: 1. Get men who... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles/2008/06/14/the_detergent_church_sola_scriptura_or_sola_cultura 77bf0a24-8209-4fc5-9fd6-4663bf6c3e93 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:54:21 GMT As much as I think a lot of the American "churches" are about as useful to God as a pitch pipe is to Yoko Ono, I'm not completely depressed by this dilemma. Matter of fact, I'm pretty giddy as the emails have started... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles/2008/06/07/the_detergent_church_progress_through_resistance d146bbb9-3702-47b9-8ce0-4e659d98a8d9 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:23:46 GMT Detergent Church (di-tur-juhnt church) - noun A church whose sole purpose is to purge the skid marks sin has left on man's soul and our society. Biblical Christianity (operative word: biblical), lived and worked... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles/2008/05/31/the_detergent_church__salt_and_light_or_slop_and_tripe 68997a10-11a3-4f4f-952b-a81f636daac3 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:16:14 GMT I was being interviewed on talk radio a couple of weeks ago when the "talent" turned the discussion to my faith and my thoughts on the state of the Church in America. I'm sitting there thinking, "You invited me on your... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles/2008/05/24/the_detergent_church 1f03aa1d-c9f7-4def-8807-dc94d79ac106 Sat, 24 May 2008 23:21:14 GMT The purveyors of porn have got to be chuffed after watching Memphis school kids hump (en masse) both the floor and each other during Mitchell High School's "talent show" this month. Yep, it doesn't look as if sellers... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles/2008/05/17/memphis_high_school_reading,_writing_and_bumping__grinding 78191f43-f080-41c4-800e-59163080592a Sat, 17 May 2008 22:42:14 GMT "One of the most salient features of our culture is there is so much bull----." Harry G. Frankfurt, Princeton philosophy professor How many of you have met the book smart 4.0 magna cum laude lady who, in regard to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles/2008/05/10/teach_your_kid_how_to_sense_bs 69fdfd73-dbbc-449d-b35a-f64a81a8e4d9 Sun, 11 May 2008 02:53:50 GMT No, Reverend Jeremiah Wright hasn't hoodwinked me with his fiery flapdoodle from this past week's press briefing. Yes, I still think the guy is certifiable. Listening to Wright last Monday at the National Press Club... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles/2008/05/03/where_reverend_wright_is_really_right 112dcae8-67ac-42f7-8a01-2aad636cc096 Sat, 03 May 2008 23:46:54 GMT I'm a bitter/clingy gun owner-and I'm happy about it! Obama, the great healer of America, the hope of our nation, came out last week and whizzed on millions of Christians and firearm fans calling us bitter Cling-Ons... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles/2008/04/26/bitter,_clingy_gun_owners_of_america 6b58c97a-9175-42db-b139-847c8d2924b8 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:10:40 GMT Did you catch the video this week of a student kicking the stuffing out of an art teacher in Baltimore, Maryland while the rest of the class cheered the pounding on? Y'know, if that teacher was moi, and some F-bomb... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles/2008/04/12/don't_send_your_kids_to_publik_skule_if_you_love_them 2cd6bf77-1407-4203-86a5-7807b7cfe696 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:31:48 GMT Nine angelic third graders in a Waycross, Georgia elementary school were harassed by the police this week for plotting their teacher's bloody demise. It seems as if these tiny sweethearts had their day ruined when... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles/2008/04/05/children_of_the_damned_when_third_graders_attack 1301c8be-2b0a-4a77-a051-9cfa426dddd8 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:18:55 GMT Hillary tried to garner some Fifty Cent-like street credit last week by lying to us all that a sniper tried to bust a cap in her while she was chillin' in Bosnia back in the day. Fo' shizzle, Hillarizzle. What the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles/2008/03/29/hillary's_"sniper_fire"__obama's_pastor_disaster_=_mccain_looking_mcfine 80790e6c-4c6a-4914-bc59-e84dd6cf7e1e Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:20:52 GMT Barack Obama came out this past week in Philly and denied knowing that his pastor (for the last 20 years, not days or months, but 20 years) is a mad black anti-American racist. Not only did Barack deny knowing that his... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles/2008/03/22/the_duplicity_of_hope_the_amazing_allegiance_of_obama's_believers 19ff5fa9-b768-4e35-b06d-b67e48a04667 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:36:29 GMT I was attempting to talk to one of my teenage daughters about sex the other day (God, I hate this part of parenting because no matter how cool you are as a dad, once you start talking about the ABCs of bumping uglies... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles/2008/03/16/stds-r-us_the_remuneration_for_the_slutification_of_our_nation 9ab41c28-1932-4474-9c03-3bab43f4e705 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:44:29 GMT