I think I’ve stumbled upon a problem that is both common among scholars, intellectuals, and intellectually curious generalists (the category I fall into) and yet rarely discussed. The fact that they don’t talk about it could mean, of course, that it’s only a problem for me. Or it . . . . Continue Reading »
“Stone tool find shows humans walked through Red Sea” says the headline at Earth Times . I was thinking grist for biblically fundamentalist Christians but, turns out, it was 125,000 years ago over what would have been dry land that only thousands of years later became the Red Sea, . . . . Continue Reading »
Apparently I wasn’t the only person on this side of the Tiber who misunderstood the new Confession iPhone app . Mark D. Roberts, one of my favorite Presbyterian pastors, was also leery—until he tried it out for himself: So, you might wonder, what do I think of this app? Since I am not . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh good grief: As if there isn’t any real news in the world, Time carries a cover story about a very smart guy named Raymond Kurzweil, and his pursuit—financed by some very rich friends—of “the singularity,” when technology takes over everything, and a resulting . . . . Continue Reading »
So a raccoon gets into a garage and starts tossing the place. A young man sends his dog into deal with it, leading to a dead raccoon. Now, he—the man—is charged with animal cruelty. From the story:Seth Foster, 23, said he found his family garage in disarray last summer . . . . Continue Reading »
In Christianity Today , Thomas Farr explains the need for the U.S. to appoint an ambassador for religious freedom : To have an influence on this critical element of our own national security, the United States must begin to take its international religious freedom policy seriously. Both the . . . . Continue Reading »
Live Action continues to release videos from their undercover operation against Planned Parenthood. In one of the most damning, a Planned Parenthood employee tells the pimp he should pose as the legal guardian of the girls so that he can get taxpayer funded services for the underage sex workers. In . . . . Continue Reading »
Many anti assisted suicide advocates worry that Idaho is on the pro-doctor prescribed death target list for legalization, probably by test court case, since there is not a specific law prohibiting assisted suicide. A just filed bill, S 1070, seeks to change that. From the bill:18-4017. . . . . Continue Reading »
Front page story today in the S. F. Chronicle on the great research building opening at UCSF for all kinds of stem cell research. Much was privately funded, which is great. But tens of millions for the fancy-dancy buildings was paid for by the California Institute for Regenerative . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s first “On The Square” article, Joe Carter notes that country music reflects our cultural values but is nonetheless viewed with suspicion by its peer genres of popular music. What’s left in the lyrics is, Carter argues, just as consequential as what’s left . . . . Continue Reading »
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