Maybe I’m getting old and grumpy, but I last night listened with barely-perceptible unease to the last “Marriage of Figaro” at the Metropolitan this season; this morning I had to play through half of the piano score to get ‘it out of my ears. And yet there was nothing really . . . . Continue Reading »
There’s an informative and interesting discussion over at the Front Porch Republic between Drs. Wilson and Scott on matters of economics and foreign policy that is worthy of our attention. . . . . Continue Reading »
01 Track 1Here is a play I wrote for Christmas . . . and I thought you might enjoy hearing the start of it . . . obviously this is more than a bit tongue in cheek. In the end the play will involve Brownies, who do what angels cannot or will not, and a time traveling Scotsman.Yikes!Here is the . . . . Continue Reading »
An interesting study has found that the children of deaf parents who can hear oppose the right of deaf people to select embryos for deafness. From the abstract.This study...is the first of its kind examining the views of hearing children of deaf adults towards preimplantation genetic diagnosis and . . . . Continue Reading »
In his current Evangel bio, Frank Turk lists one of his pastimes as “internet mayhem.” As evidenced by the current offense taken to him by Mark Olsen and various commenters at Evangel, he obviously hasn’t lost his spiritual gift in that matter. However, as he read through . . . . Continue Reading »
Judge Jones of Florida says yes—in the legal sense of the word. But some of his colleagues claim that he’s out of touch with the way young people think. . . . . Continue Reading »
The good : Iraq no longer has a civil war. Lots of countries have terrorist problems. So read what Doug Ollivant had to say to the skeptical NPR reporter and begin to assess the significance of the fact that our president was wrong in Oslo to say we’re now fighting two wars. . . . . Continue Reading »
There is much to complain about with the US health care system. But there is no question it is the driving force in the world behind the continual advancement of medical knowledge and skill. But that innovative energy could well be dissipated by the cost/control/ rationing boards that . . . . Continue Reading »
When I was a kid, my parents were ambivalent about Santa Claus. My Dad would openly say, “I don’t want to give credit for my gifts to you to a man in a red suit!” but my parents also both loved story telling and fun. No sensible parent should resist utterly the lure of a good tale . . . . Continue Reading »
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