As Jason Kottke says, ” This is probably the best way to see the Sistine Chapel aside from getting on a plane to Rome.” You may have seen this already but if not, it’s worth a look. . . . . Continue Reading »
The Daily News reports this morning : “A Queens man—enraged because his wife refused to have an abortion—slashed her throat and then stabbed her sister in the stomach Monday night in front of a room full of children.” Ain’t you glad that legalized abortion set women free . . . . Continue Reading »
Undoubtedly you have read something about the FBI raids in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana.From that linked story, there’s this self-description of these people the FBI is taking into custody:Jesus wanted us to be ready to defend ourselves using the sword and stay alive using equipment. The only . . . . Continue Reading »
My review of Ian McEwan’s latest novel , Solar , is available online at the Wall Street Journal , for those who’ve followed the interesting British writer’s career: You ever see those old film clips of the early days of airplane flight? Wild contraptions of mismatched parts, . . . . Continue Reading »
Humans are just too stupid to listen to the global warming hysterics. So saith James Lovelock, author of the Gaia Theory, you know, the idea that the earth and all of its organic and non organic parts are really part of one, living, self-regulating, system. From the story:Humans are too stupid . . . . Continue Reading »
The fifty-five nuns who signed a missive supporting Congress’ now-passed healthcare legislation as “life-affirming” may have just gotten what they wanted—or perhaps not quite what they wanted—but certainly what they asked for. Cecile Richards, president of Planned . . . . Continue Reading »
Anyone who knows up close what it is like to have a loved one die of Alzheimer’s can’t help but sympathize with the pain of a husband watching his wife fade away from the dread brain disease. I’ve been there. My uncle died Alzheimer’s.But legalizing euthanasia for . . . . Continue Reading »
Following up Frank’s post I was reminded of the best book I read in 2009. Last year seemed to be the year for important birthdays as both Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin turned 200. Not to be forgotten is arguably the most influential Reformer within Christian history, John Calvin who . . . . Continue Reading »
Science requires the collection and interpretation of data. Consensus, therefore, requires that there be no significant dispute on either the data (e.g., its relevance) or it interpretation. The debate over whether there is a “consensus” about anthropogenic climate change has tended to . . . . Continue Reading »
So Philip Pullman, he of The Golden Compass , is preparing to disgorge The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ into an Amazon shopping cart near you. It seems that Pullman’s contribution to something called the “Myth Series” is the earth-rending idea that there was a historical . . . . Continue Reading »
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