Adventus

"I would like to say 'This book is written to the glory of God', but nowadays this would be the trick of a cheat, i.e., it would not be correctly understood."--Ludwig Wittgenstein

"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."--Soren Kierkegaard

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Only because it's a topic I write about....

I have to say to Anne Rice : "Okay. Whatever." What I'm tempted to say is: Christianity is not about you; and maybe that...

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

This is where I came into the movie....

If I keep posting about racism, it's because it keeps coming up : "What struck me about [the Sherrod speech] was that sort of littl...

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

"What do you have to do? Shoot Medgar Evers?"--Chris Rock

I had gotten this far: Alberich makes me think we should put this "Sherrod affair" in context: BTW, I am curious about something. ...

Monday, July 26, 2010

Mistah Kurtz--he brain dead

I'm not a fan of Howard Kurtz, and this clip is "Exhibit A" as to why. I'm also not trying to make a new career off the t...

Sunday, July 25, 2010

The REAL Elephant in the Drawing Room

Frank Rich will get all the attention for his column , but just when you think he's going to strike the nail on the head: Even now, I wo...

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Carry Me Back to Ol'....

The real ugliness is not being a racist; it's being called a racist. That national conversation on race in America can't start unt...

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

The words of my mouth, and the meditations of my heart...

I detect a pattern here. Jeremiah Wright overcame racism in his lifetime (just consider his age, and where and when he grew up. Res ipsa lo...

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

To Kill a Bad Idea

In which the author proves he is a Southerner, and probably a racist, to boot. Maybe. We'll see. Battle has been joined on the topic o...

Monday, July 12, 2010

"I swear I saw your face change, it didn't seem quite right."

A simple question re: Nation-building. Why do we imagine that water-treatment systems and power plants will automatically lead to peace and...

Sunday, July 11, 2010

The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man

As usual, fools rush in, etc., etc. Which means: I'll bite: Absent a direct line to the Almighty and a conviction that the last days a...

Friday, July 09, 2010

"I know a fireman who looks after the fires...."

I've never cared for the basic premise of assertions like this . That is to say, I've been fairly well educated in the sciences, an...

Thursday, July 08, 2010

I really need a hobby.....

According to this New Yorker profile , 2.4 million people read Andrew Breitbart's blog every month. That would be about half the popula...

Sunday, July 04, 2010

PEACE AND FELLOWSHIP AMONG THE NATIONS

(from The Hymnal of the E&R Church) Our heavenly Father, who hast declared that all the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdom ...

Friday, July 02, 2010

Killing foe for peace...bang, bang, bang. bang, bang, bang...

Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for ...

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Alberto Agonistes

I went to the dentist today, and actually found a current magazine! Clearly a sign I should blog about the article on Alberto Gonzalez! W...

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