The Twin Blessings of Denial and Projection: update, written 1 day ago, Over on Pajamas Patrick Poole posted a rather good analysis of the post Conventions landscape in America. In "Obama's Existential Crisis" he suggests what many a Republican has already concluded for himself: the McCain...

The Stanbury Hill Project, written 3 days ago, Dr Keith Boughey studies one of the cup and ring rocks found on Bingley Moor Keith Boughey (Prehistoric Rock art of the West Riding book) Emailed details of a new rock art related project he is involved with. I am sure he will not mind a few details bei...

The "vu cumprà" and the fishing crisis in Senegal, written 5 days ago,   Recently I have been in Italy. Many things have changed since I was last there. Yet one of the features of the hot Italian summers, the so called 'vu cumprà' (literally 'do you want to buy?') were indefatigably pat...

Reminder: Resource Fair at St. Louis Public Library Headquarters This Saturday, written 2 days ago, The Missouri Humanities Council will be participating in a Resource Fair for the public at Library Headquarters. The library invited over 40 organizations to participate with an emphasis on those that...

In the Name of God(lessness), written 2 days ago, FrontPageMagazine | Dennis Prager | Aug. 19, 2008 We are constantly reminded about the destructive consequences of religion — intolerance, hatred, division, inquisitions, persecutions of "heretics," holy wars. Though far from the whole st...

Church-going makes Latino and Asian-American kids depressed, written 1 day ago, On the whole, within any given society those people who are members of religious groups are happier than people outside religious groups. A lot of studies on religion and happiness are done in the USA, where religion has...

Fundamentalism - A Dangerous Delusion, written 4 days ago, "If there is a dangerous delusion in the world, it is not so much moderate religion, as Dawkins would have it, but fundamentalism in all its forms — ideological, scientific and religious — as the imposition of dogma that brooks neit...

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Lessons of Peace and Spirituality from the DNC - Examiner.com, written 6 hours ago, Examiner.com Lessons of Peace and Spirituality from the DNCExaminer.com - 37 minutes agoThey spoke about the need to bring spiritual values into the political process. Each one spoke about the benefits from letting ...

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Shell Postponed Drilling Because of Local Requests, written 23 hours ago, Shell spokesperson Larry Lalonde says today in the Globe and Mail that Shell suspended its exploration of the Klappan region for coal-bed methane because of requests from the Tahltan people. The pressure of protests and other ...

The Theology of Calvin and Hobbes, Part 1, Chapter 2: The Democracy of Sinners, written 3 days ago, Chapter 2: The Democracy of Sinners1.In the last chapter we noted the places whenCalvin and Hobbes overtly, in a philosophical way, floats questions about the goodness of human nature. But the real co...

I'M HEADING BACK to St. Andrews later this afternoon. If..., written 1 day ago, I'M HEADING BACK to St. Andrews later this afternoon. If you don't hear from me until Monday, it's because I'm temporarily without Internet access at home.

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Greek Flashcard roundup, Blog-style: Croy's Primer of Biblical Greek, written 1 day ago, Thanks to a number of people who emailed some comments after the last two blog posts. On the vocabulary site I have added a number of free options for Greek flashcards, including 2 for Mounce, my last blog post....

Back to the Future, written 6 days ago, Spiral-bound notebooks and ink pens. That's right, writing on paper. This semester I am going to require more paper, not less, from my students. There are a number of reasons for this, both theoretical and practical:1) Web abuse. When you write an outline, you...

Expect the Worst, written 1 day ago, The ability of government agents and saboteurs to knock out wireless communications and navigation equipment — as happened to the SS Free Gaza, en route from Cyprus to Gaza with medical supplies last week — serves as a warning to all human rights activists. M...

Sarah Palin's Acceptance Speech, written 21 hours ago, Sarah Palin2008 Republican National Convention(Image from Wikipedia)I'm coming late to this topic and have nothing of significance to add, no great insights, just some impressions and observations from watching Sarah Palin give her acceptance sp...

People, Books, Software, written 5 days ago, Matt Sharritt studies video games. Bernard Levinson studies the hermeneutics of legal innovation in Deutoronomy. Two Quicken replacements for Mac are iBank and MoneyDance. Sente manages your library. Geoff Eley has a reader on Nationalism from the mid-90s...

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