There was a point in time when the Spanish flag had the motto– Ne Plus Ultra i.e. there is nothing of importance beyond our realm. That is until Christophoro Columbo sailed the ocean blue to the West Indies, and they had to change the motto to ‘Plus Ultra’ There is more beyond. Yet, somehow we have lots of Christians who seem to be rather like the fish in this cartoon…. Read more
Marvel keeps adding stars to its universe, and continues to cross fertilize various of its comic book lines. This time, we have Thor and Hulk teamed up, an unlikely pair if there ever was one, except for the smash and thrash part and oh yeah, the lack of great intelligence. This story however is primarily focused on Thor’s mythological universe, and so on Asgaard, indeed on the demise of Asgaard. In order to make this movie more than just another... Read more
Thanks to my friend Mark F. in Bellingham for the use of his cartoons in the next few posts. BW3 Read more
(picture courtesy of CNN). The Israel Antiquities Authorities seem to have unearthed a Roman theater right next to the remains of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and underneath the famous ‘Wilson’s Arch Here is the link to the CNN article— http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/16/middleeast/ancient-theater-western-wall/index.html The theater actually is the size of a small odeon where plays would be given and the archaeologists say it was unfinished, perhaps because it was being built during the Bar Kokhba revolt in the second century A.D. and... Read more
Timothy George is a good friend and fellow scholar, and I am happy to post here the essay he sent me about today, the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. What the Reformers Thought They Were Doing FALL 2017 – VOL. 59, NO. 4 Timothy George This essay appears in the Fall 2017 issue of Modern Age. To subscribe now, go here. Five hundred years ago, on October 31, 1517, a thirty-three-year-old German professor named Martin Luther called for a public... Read more
Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In