The Nordic philosopher and priest Anders Chydenius (1729-1803)—the “Adam Smith of the North”— once asked : Would the Great Master, who adorns the valley with flowers and covers the cliff itself with grass and mosses, exhibit such a great mistake in man, his masterpiece, that . . . . Continue Reading »
I was trying to locate some of the 0ld warnings about mixing religion and politics. So I searched for “God not Republican”. I was informed, however, that that “Campaign [is] Unavailable.” The “alert has expired.” Fuggedaboutit. Drop it. The crisis is . . . . Continue Reading »
A really fascinating piece on science and faith. From The Anchoress , of course. You are reading her every day, aren’t you? . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh, I remember these:The chapel in the basement of the high school was all in this style. We sang the matching songs there, as well, of course. All by the St. Louis . . . . Continue Reading »
A piece on teaching just-war theory to robots . Kind of. Military robots were once again in the news this month with headlines like “Corpse-eating robot” (Wired), “Robot . . . to eat all life on Earth” (The Register), and “Sniper Bot Refuels by consuming human . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s official. Cultural libertarians have jumped the shark. Read this Reason.com article and marvel. That’s right, the author isn’t celebrating the fact that citizens have a right to be vulgar, but rather the fact that citizens are vulgar. James’ article on the ‘Sex . . . . Continue Reading »
I was going to say that the Da Jesus pendant was the worst I’d seen in a while:but then I stumbled on this legless, diamond-loinclothed Jesus, yours for only $9,800:Someday, Sally, we have to have that serious talk about beauty and devotion, about the desire to proclaim the kingship by using . . . . Continue Reading »
Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) vividly illustrated the recklessness and incompetence of our current government. He said about those who ask that our elected representatives read the bill:I love these members, they get up and say, “Read the bill.” What good is reading the bill if . . . . Continue Reading »
I wrote a few minutes ago of the LA Times editorializing that new taxes be imposed on fattening foods to cut obesity and reduce health care costs. It isn’t just lefty anonymous editorial writers. The head of the Center for Disease Control wants a tax on soda . . . . Continue Reading »
Jordan Hylden defends Rowan Williams this morning: “Archbishop Williams has given us both a substantively theological read of the present moment and a sound and hopeful way forward for the Anglican Communion.” . . . . Continue Reading »
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