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August 2008

August 25, 2008
Here is an incomplete, sometimes tongue-in-cheek list of highs and lows at the Beijing Olympics....
August 23, 2008
So, Barack Obama has picked Senator Joe Biden as his Vice Presidential running mate. Thoughts?...
August 22, 2008
Maybe there is something to the Mowgli/Romulus/Remus legend. SeeFemale dog rescues abandoned baby, takes child...
August 22, 2008
Update to our discussion about whether the Chinese gymnasts are really 16, as the rules...
August 22, 2008
Here is a fascinating article on how cultural--and I would say political--differences show up in...
August 22, 2008
Last year, the Egyptian scholar Saad Eddin Ibrahim published a column in the Washington Post...
August 22, 2008
The Bigfoot hoaxers explain, saying it was just a joke that got out of hand...
August 21, 2008
Russia warns of response to US missile shield: Russia says its response to the further...
August 21, 2008
A bunch of college presidents want to lower the drinking age. One can make that...
August 21, 2008
The latest Reuters/Zogby poll now has McCain leading Obama by 5 percentage points, reversing Obama's...
August 20, 2008
It appears that both candidates will be announcing their vice presidential choices very soon. Perhaps...
August 20, 2008
A man won $6 million in the Florida lottery. Doubtless grateful to God, he wanted...
August 20, 2008
In 2005, corn sold for $2 per bushel. Today, it goes for $6 per bushel....
August 20, 2008
Bigfoot has been found, went the reports. And we have a body, a furry corpse...
August 19, 2008
My daughter Joanna recently taught an online class for Veritas Press entitled "Latin in a...
August 19, 2008
When Rick Warren asked Barack Obama when a baby is entitled to human rights (a...
August 19, 2008
Michael Gerson says that John McCain's performance at Saddleback may be a turning point for...
August 18, 2008
Jerry Falwell has passed away. Now Rick Warren, megachurch pastor and author of "The Purpose...
August 18, 2008
Rick Warren's inquisition of the candidates elicited some interesting answers. In his answers, Obama described...
August 18, 2008
Now Ukraine wants to be part of U.S. missile defense system. Adding insult to injury,...
August 18, 2008
Keith Pavlischek at the First Things blog notes that the affinities between Islam and Fascism...
August 15, 2008
An update to the post below about Poland accepting the US anti-missile defense installation in...
August 15, 2008
Scholar and writer Mary Grabar documents just how bad it has gotten in literary studies,...
August 15, 2008
In an interview with the Weekly Standard, McCain Won't Rule Out Pro-choice Running Mate: IN...
August 15, 2008
Yes, I know baseball is being eased out as an Olympic sport, though not understanding...
August 15, 2008
Russia may have thought its invasion of Georgia intimidated its other neighbors, but instead it...
August 14, 2008
Terry Mattingly at Get Religion discusses Democratic efforts to woo Catholics and Evangelicals by making...
August 14, 2008
So the USA has put restrictions on importing donated sperm from Europe, due to concerns...
August 14, 2008
So, controversy builds over whether those little Chinese girls who have been sweeping up the...
August 14, 2008
Well, despite its announcement, Russia is still in Georgia, with reports of looting, rape, and...
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