Last winter I went to a conference in Seattle and had the chance to walk by Pike Place Fish. Aside from the gorgeous spread of Pacific seafood—king crabs, salmons, the works—the main eye-catcher was that the employees tossed the catch from one to another as they wrapped and sold the fish. . . . . Continue Reading »
In his post Stephen contends that I may be trapped in a false dilemma: the choice between believing that certain processes are random or believing that they are directed by God. I don’t believe I presented such a false dilemma because I don’t believe such a false choice exist. In fact, . . . . Continue Reading »
A week from today, I am traveling to my home state of Texas to visit my best friend who lives in San Antonio. While I’m there, we’ll be going to see one of my favorite singer-songwriters, Robert Earl Keen , in concert. Substantial cult following notwithstanding, Robert Earl Keen is not . . . . Continue Reading »
I think both John West and Joe Carter are trapped in a false dilemma, namely the choice between believing that certain processes are random or believing that they are directed by God. The dilemma is created by a failure to take adequately into account the complete sovereignty of God and the fact . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s another : (via John Schwenkler ) . . . . Continue Reading »
Zachary M. Seward in Nieman Journalism Lab : If The New York Times ever strikes you as an abstruse glut of antediluvian perorations, if the newspaper’s profligacy of neologisms and shibboleths ever set off apoplectic paroxysms in you, if it all seems a bit recondite, here’s a reason to be . . . . Continue Reading »
The shooting at the Holocaust Museum yesterday has had the predictable but still unfortunate result of launching another discussion about the rise of right-wing extremism. In my opinion, James von Brunn’s madness does not lend itself to easy classification. He is, it seems, a bitter misanthrope . . . . Continue Reading »
To my surprise (and to their credit) the Washington Post has given a platform to John West, a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, to discuss why ” Darwin’s theory poses such a challenge to faith “: The real sticking point is Darwin’s claim that all of life—human . . . . Continue Reading »
The old Cole Porter song goes: Have you heard? It’s in the stars Next July we collide with Mars Well, did you evah? What a swell party this is! Well, it won’t happen next July—so far as anyone knows—but a study in the journal Nature suggests such a collision might well occur . . . . Continue Reading »
You’ve all seen the news about Walter and Gwendolyn Myers, arrested as spies for Cuba , right? Well, if this interesting report by Clarice Feldman is accurate , the Myers were recruited by a Cuban agent in 1979. At the time, Walter was apparently unemployed, while his wife was working for the . . . . Continue Reading »
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