At the beginning of 2009, I compiled a list that included 1,034 predictions for the coming year. I later went through and narrowed it down to the top 500 that I was absolutely certain would happen. Even after cutting the list down, though, I only managed to achieve a 67% accuracy rate. . . . . Continue Reading »
These stories happen so often, they are called “the Gore effect” from the propensity of the weather to turn frigid wherever he appears to wail about global warming. A demonstration yesterday fizzled due to a blizzard. From the story:A downtown protest of the climate change talks in . . . . Continue Reading »
I actually think the Dr. Pat Deneen post referenced by Voegelian Bob below is too over-the-top to command a detailed response. Let it stand as a singular work of art. But if I were to respond, I would out its Heideggerian Marxism. According to Heidegger, the United States and the Soviet Union were . . . . Continue Reading »
A colleague shared this Barna Survey with me. If you have not seen it, you may find it interesting and helpful. I would say there is nothing terribly earth-shatteringly new in it, but it is always helpful to have this kind of “take” on the situation in which we find ourselves. Here is . . . . Continue Reading »
Sarah Flashing challenged us to consider our approach to apologetics. But I’m just a little more pessimistic. Well, actually, I’m optimistically pessimistic. I think the current state of our society is worse than we imagine. But I think that the situation is the . . . . Continue Reading »
The beginning of a New Year—and a new decade—is an an excellent time to try something new. As you make your list of resolutions and goals I want to recommend adding a simple four step process that could transform your life by, quite literally, changing your mind. After reading the entire . . . . Continue Reading »
My normal inclinations lead me to conclude 2001: A Space Odyssey. But today my opinion has changed. No longer is it a Star Wars or Star Trek movie. Not one of The Matrix trilogy. Nor is it a “B” movie with Leslie Nielsen. Nope. None of the . . . . Continue Reading »
For anyone who is not only into textual criticism, but who also writes or communicates, Anatomy of Criticism is a really fascinating book. The four essays attempt to build a case for a standard approach to literature. And while they don’t really fulfill the goal on this first pass (e.g., . . . . Continue Reading »
Today’s Wall Street Journal ran a sharp op-ed piece by Shelby Steele. Without doubt, Steele has been one of the clearest and most forceful analysts of the tortured reality of race relations in the post-civil rights era. He has written with devastating persuasiveness about the the way in which . . . . Continue Reading »
Cory Doctorow on society’s bibliophilia : After years of writing and talking and thinking about books, I’ve come to a simple but important realization: I love books. Not just reading them or owning them—I have a deeply sentimental attachment to the very idea of the book. And . . . . Continue Reading »
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