T. S. Eliot said it best: I grow old … I grow old … I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. I will celebrate this day by not provoking any arguments on this blog and by spreading good cheer with the recommendation
T. S. Eliot said it best: I grow old … I grow old … I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. I will celebrate this day by not provoking any arguments on this blog and by spreading good cheer with the recommendation
I have just finished a book that I am going to count among my favorites of all time. It is that good. You have GOT to read it. It’s entitled Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of
There are now more U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan than there ever were during the Bush administration. From The Washington Post: President Obama announced in March that he would be sending 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. But in an unannounced move, the White House
A previously obscure painting has been identified as a work of Leonardo da Vinci with the discovery that the artist’s fingerprint is on the painting. Here it is:
The Senate now has a specific health care reform bill to consider now that the Senate Finance Panel Passes a $829 Billion Health Plan: The Senate Finance Committee approved an $829 billion plan to overhaul U.S. health care, clearing the way for a full Senate
Great Britain’s Booker Prize for the best novel has been awarded to Hilary Mantel for Wolf Hall: A Novel, a historical novel about Thomas Cromwell, the religious reformer and occasionally ruthless advisor to King Henry VIII. From everything I’ve heard and considering that I have
Thanks to our constitutional guarantees, Americans have much more freedom of speech than other countries do. This shows up in the different libel laws of different countries. But now, thanks to international trade agreements such as NAFTA, Americans are being sued for violating other country’s
Just as the Senate was on the verge of passing a health care reform bill, a study by the insurance industry–which had been backing the project–says that it would greatly increase premiums: At the heart of the industry’s complaint is a decision by lawmakers to
Today is Columbus Day. Not only that, this year Columbus Day falls on the actual day that Columbus discovered America, October 12, rather than just a three-day-weekend Monday in October. The Europeans have now know about what they called the New World for 517 years.
Our pastor tossed off a comment in yesterday’s Bible class that still resonates with me and that has profound implications. In the context of our study of Genesis, via Luther’s commentary (which consists of his lecture notes, so that, as our pastor said, it’s as
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