A president’s inauguration address can indicate his vision for his next term, rally the country, and make his play for the history books. President Obama’s speech had no soaring JFK moments (“Ask not what your country can do for you. . . .”) and even
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Today is the second inauguration of Barack Obama, who will be sworn into his second term at 11:30 a.m. ET. (Actually, he took his oath of office on Sunday, in accordance with the date specified in the Constitution, in the White House, but the public
You have probably heard about Manti Te’o, Notre Dame’s Heisman Trophy candidate, whose dying girlfriend turned out to involve an on-line relationship with a woman who didn’t exist. Now he is being accused of knowingly participating in the hoax to take advantage of the sob-story
One of the most awe-inspiring baseball players of all time died last Saturday, Stan “the Man” Musial. He was a great, great player for the St. Louis Cardinals with a lifetime batting average of .331. He was also celebrated for his good sportsmanship, his refusal
Today honors Martin Luther King, Jr., the man who said this: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their
One of the most important publication in the contemporary literary world is Poetry Magazine. Its editor is usually a distinguished poet. Lately, the editor of that periodical, Christian Wiman, stepped down from that position. What is, perhaps, less known is that several years ago Wiman
We Lutherans believe in confession and absolution. That happens in every Divine Service, and, when someone is particularly troubled with a sin, the individual confesses to a pastor, who brings Christ’s forgiveness. This is an evangelical version of what Roman Catholics do (instead of requiring
Information and details about the hostage situation in Mali are uncertain and contradictory. But it seems that Algerian forces have stormed the natural gas facility. Reuters reports that 30 hostages were killed (more than we were told there were), though some escaped. The fate of
The BBC has a wonderful article by Sally Davies on puns, basically a review of John Pollack’s book The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics. The article offers different theories of puns, most
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