The only aspect of the Shirley Sherrod controversy that I find interesting is related to a phrase she used in explaining her dealings with the poor white farmer. She said, “So I figured if I take him to one of them, that his own kind would take care of him.” . . . . Continue Reading »
Awhile back I supported a plan to kill geese in and around New York City to protect aviation safety. (Recall that flying geese were sucked into an airliner’s jet engines, which would have killed more than a hundred passengers—and perhaps many more on the ground—but for an . . . . Continue Reading »
Just in case you missed them, “On the Square” today offers another double feature: Father Edward Oakes’ E.T., Phone Here and Archbishop Charles Chaput’s Fire on the Earth . Father Oakes begins with Fermi’s Paradox about the possibility of life on other planets and . . . . Continue Reading »
Rod Dreher, one of my all-time favorite bloggers, recently took a job as the editor of the Templeton Foundation’s new webzine, Big Questions Online . The new site “aims to ask and explore the Big Questions of human purpose and ultimate reality, with a focus on science, religion, markets, . . . . Continue Reading »
We apologize for the absence of Second Links the last two days. The compiler was down with a stomach bug and finding out that why “feeling like a wrung out dish cloth” is such a good metaphor. In Florence, parts of Galileo have been put on display . “‘He’s a secular . . . . Continue Reading »
Based on events alleged to have taken place at Augusta State University, Augusta, Georgia.DISGUSTA, Ga. — Attorneys with the National Uncivil Liberties League (NULL) filed suit against Disgusta State University Wednesday on behalf of a counseling professor told that her beliefs are unethical . . . . Continue Reading »
Several contributors have shared their answers to this question in what’s been an interesting exchange at Patheos this week. Kudos to Patheos for their great work on this worthy project. . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the exceptional characteristics inherent in humanity—and absent in all other known life forms—is our moral agency. We, and only we, work out what is right and what is wrong based on a rational—and one must also say, emotional and sometimes . . . . Continue Reading »
When I saw Frank Lockwood noting that a dog had been given communion at Anglican Church in Canada (” An unbaptized dog, to make matters worse. “) my first thought was, “What are those crazy Anglicans up to now . . . ” According to those in attendance at the historical church . . . . Continue Reading »
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