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Tuesday, April 10, 2007

The World as Information

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Here's an abstract of an article by Carlos Gershenson on information in the biosphere. It's interesting that, though Gershenson is ...

An IPod in Every Pot

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The Detroit News doesn't think that the state Democrats' plan to buy every kid in Michigan his/her own ipod while the state faces a...

More on Imus

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Yesterday I wrote about the Don Imus imbroglio (see below), and I thought I should explain that the purpose of that post was to point out th...
Monday, April 9, 2007

Slap on the Wrist

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Rush Limbaugh was fired from ESPN for claiming that the media overrated Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb because they wanted to see a black...

Journalistic Embarrassment

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Journalists need to write to justify their paycheck, to be sure, but most journalists prefer to write about things they know something about...

Sam Harris and Self-Refutation

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An L.A. Times article quotes anti-theist writer Sam Harris as saying that, "Everything of value that people get from religion can be ...
Sunday, April 8, 2007

Johnny Hart (1931-2007)

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One of the best cartoonists in the business died Saturday while working at his storyboard. Johnny Hart, creator of the comic strip B.C., die...

Re: Amazing Grace

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A student of mine, Eric, replies to our recent post on the movie Amazing Grace with this very thoughtful and insightful essay: I was al...
Saturday, April 7, 2007

God Is Love

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In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him...

Already?!

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We think this is a little premature, but .... RLC

Felonious Speaker

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Robert Turner, writing in the Wall Street Journal , thinks Mrs. Pelosi violated the Logan Act in going to Damascus and is thus guilty of a f...

What to Do About Illegal Aliens

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The column I wrote for last Sunday's paper was on the demographic calamity that illegal immigration is wreaking on our nation. Democ...

Demeaning Blacks

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I was watching a bit of tennis on television the other night and Serena Williams happened to be one of the players. In the course of play th...
Friday, April 6, 2007

A Modern Parable for Good Friday

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Last Christmas I posted a modern parable about a man named Mike. I thought it would be an even more appropriate story, mutatis mutandis , f...

A Crucifixion Day Meditation

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"It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost him crucifixion... You must make ...
Thursday, April 5, 2007

College Hijinks

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Karl Rove recently gave a speech at American University which made the news because of the antics of some of the protestors. A former stude...

Concentrating Iranian Minds

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NewsMax thinks that Iran's mysterious decision to suddenly release the fifteen British hostages was due in large measure to the fact th...

Mac v. Pc

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Reader Nathaniel liked our post on the Mac/Pc wars featuring Dell's recent escalation of hostilities, so he sent us a link to fifteen ...
Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Simply Inexplicable

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The Democrats demonstrate once again why they are temperamentally unsuited to handling matters related to national security. Debra Burlingam...

Pelosi Diplomacy

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Nancy Pelosi has traveled to Syria and met with Bashir Assad, one of the two major patrons of terrorist murder in the world. The AP says thi...