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"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, September 17, 2015

Speaking of justice

I've had my disagreements with Pastor Dan in the past, but fair is fair, and when he's right, he's right. Still, this wa...

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

You can't be too careful, or too paranoid

Don't know what it is, so it must be dangerous! And since I've touched this, I'm not going to let go of it quickly : A...

Ignorance is Strength

"Yup. That's who I thought it was." The irony is so sharp and so close to the throat you dare not move for fear of the ...

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Still making monkeys outta....

So I wander over to Religion Dispatches, where I find this: WHY SCIENTISTS SHOULD BE AGNOSTIC: OR, WHY LAWRENCE KRAUSS IS STILL A ...

Monday, September 14, 2015

Panem et circenses

First, all these new stories about Kim Davis are taking their cues from Ms. Davis and her lawyers: Kim Davis Says She Won't Authori...

"For self-examination!"

Scout is a "Tenther." That's the real takeaway from Watchman : Jean Louise objects to Brown v. Board of Education becaus...

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Just keeping up

Think Progress has an excellent (finally!) explanation of the legal issues involved in the Kim Davis farce. Notably, many of the issues...

Friday, September 11, 2015

Is it a sin to keep a wound hidden?

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. Isaiah 21:6 I'm a little over halfway thr...

Tuesday, September 08, 2015

Go the f**k to sleep

I know I'm supposed to be upset by this ( "Lawyers vow Kim Davis will violate court order" ). I'm too busy laughing. ...

Sic Transit Gloria

Alright, let's bring this sordid tale to an end: The federal judge who threw a renegade Kentucky clerk in jail for contempt of cour...

Soundbites

One more reason Kim Davis is not going to be a martyr: she's lost FoxNews. And one more reason we should revive the study of Clas...

Monday, September 07, 2015

Practicing law like a 3 year old with a loaded gun

Mmmmmmm...fresher* donuts! NTodd beat me to it , but there's still some choice stuff here: Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who...

Friday, September 04, 2015

Time to follow the money

Rowan County Senior High School Band. I dunno; I just like high school bands. This has now turned into farce: With Rowan County C...

The Wit and Wisdom of a former Cowboys Quarterback

It's worth noting Kim Davis seldom said much in her defense; mostly she hid in her office, away from cameras and reporters and peopl...

Thursday, September 03, 2015

Nope.

I've seen this argument already in comments at Salon: that Kim Davis gets rich and famous now because she's a "martyr...

Wednesday, September 02, 2015

Watch the doughnut, not the hole

Mark Joseph Stern makes an excellent point : Now the Liberty Counsel has filed an angry, rambling application to the Supreme Court that...

Does anybody really know what time it is?

Does anybody know what Rand Paul is talking about? "I think one way to get around the whole idea of what the Supreme Court is for...

Tuesday, September 01, 2015

Unphilosophical Investigations

I've never gotten around to reading Philosophical Investigations (I prefer the more fragmentary works, lectures notes, etc., publishe...

Blessed are....

My take on this is not that of Charlie Pierce. To the secular world, this announcement by Pope Francis can seem patronizing and paterna...

Monday, August 31, 2015

Government: Does Anybody Here Understand How This Thing Works?

Can't wait to see their education policies.... No : "I'm going to have Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx, come work for ...

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