1. How Pascal’s Triangle Explains Poetry Poetry . . . is mathematics. It is close to a particular branch of the subject known as combinatorics, the study of permutations – of how one can arrange particular groups of objects, numbers or letters according to stated laws. As early as 200 . . . . Continue Reading »
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has a number of ethnic associations. There is one for African Americans, for Asians and Pacific Islanders, for Latino Ministries, and even an Arab and Middle Eastern heritage group. The associations were created when the ELCA came into being in . . . . Continue Reading »
The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation has issued their latest statement, Steps Towards a Reunited Church . They begin by noting that “the most divisive element in our traditions has been a growing diversity, since the late patristic centuries, in the ways we understand . . . . Continue Reading »
Events of possible interest to our readers: Catholic, Orthodox, Polish National Catholic, and Anglican speakers will discuss Dominus Iesus on its tenth anniversary on October 15th at the University of Scranton. Peter van Inwagen to lecture on Bertrand Russell on Evidence and Religious Belief . The . . . . Continue Reading »
Two Shows We Try to Watch as a FamilyMonk is gone. The most reliable family entertainment to appear on television disappeared last year. Occasionally (ahem!) even our family likes to watch television and when we do we wish to watch it together. Tony Shaloub knew how to keep a diverse Reynolds room . . . . Continue Reading »
A friend sends an opening paragraph in The Economist he thought very good, so I send it along for those of you who like this sort of thing: HE HAS just been anointed the guardian of socialism in an economically troubled country, leaping ahead of a sidelined elder brother and representing a new . . . . Continue Reading »
No doubt college students have sex, though probably never as much as they would prefer, but this will likely get some parents—especially parents of students at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota—to think seriously about the “home colleging” option for their kids. . . . . Continue Reading »
Whoa. New findings have uncovered that decreased solar activity has caused temperatures to rise. From the story in Nature:An analysis of satellite data challenges the intuitive idea that decreasing solar activity cools Earth, and vice versa. In fact, solar forcing of Earth’s surface . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at Public Discourse, Robert Lowry Clinton weighs in on the ascendancy of the Supreme Court as the Supreme Legislature that dictates national affairs. Clinton argues that the emergence of an activist judiciary stems from an elite attempt to retain power over and against a democratic majority. . . . . Continue Reading »
After stumbling upon a roast of David Hasselhoff on VH1, David Mills laments the decline of playground-level humor : And as I watched, with lurid fascination, I realized that the monologue reminded me of junior high, with one difference: in junior high, people were expected to be funny when they . . . . Continue Reading »
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