2014-01-09T13:19:39-05:00

We talk about politics here at the Cranach blog, being careful to keep the two kingdoms distinguished, but we don’t do politicking, in the sense of agitating for one candidate or another.   But I wanted to show you this campaign video as a virtuoso example

2015-01-08T09:35:01-05:00

A court in Argentina ruled that an organgutan is a “non-human person,” and so is entitled to certain rights, including the right to freedom, meaning that the animal must be released from the zoo.  (So an unborn child is a human being, but not a

2014-01-07T21:20:56-05:00

This is the monument that the Satanists are trying to erect next to that of the Ten Commandments at the Oklahoma state capitol. It’s an idol of Baphomet.   Note the effort to be child friendly.  It really does allude to the Old Testament conflicts with

2014-01-07T21:18:43-05:00

Zappos, the online shoe and apparel store, is adopting a new way to organize its workforce.  There will be no managers and no corporate-style hierarchies.  Instead, circles of employees will be organized around specific tasks.  The company is attempting to replace “bureaucracy” with what it

2014-01-07T21:19:29-05:00

The NSA is working on the development of a quantum computer that could foil all public encryption systems.  The description of this technology, after the jump, combines weird physics, weird mathematics, and weird surveillance. (more…)

2014-01-05T19:06:51-05:00

The rise of religion globally threatens human rights, according to British academic Stephen Hopgood in an op-ed piece in the Washington Post.  After the jump, read his argument and consider the thoughts I raise. (more…)

2014-01-06T22:06:21-05:00

The big thing out of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas?  Biometrics.  Eye-tracking devices to see what ads you pay attention to.  Mood-sensing ear buds.  Pupil dilation sensors to see how much you are “aroused.”  And, what I’m trying to get my mind

2014-01-06T22:09:09-05:00

So if you want to buy an American car–out of a sense of economic patriotism, protectionism, or because you were moved by that Chrysler commercial about being “imported from Detroit”–does this mean buying a Chrysler product doesn’t count?  Does “buying American” allow for buying a

2014-01-05T19:05:54-05:00

The atheist church we’ve blogged about, the Sunday Assembly, has split over doctrinal issues, worship style, and fellowship controversies.  The breakaway denomination is calling itself Godless Revival. (more…)

2014-01-05T15:49:06-05:00

My 2013 prediction started coming true the week after I made it.  This time my 2014 prediction started coming true the day after I made it!  Al-Qaeda has taken Fallujah, the site of the most intense fighting in the Iraq war, and the U.S.-trained Iraqi

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