July 31, 2009

If you were planning on buying a new car this weekend, taking advantage of the government’s offer to pay you $3,500-$4,500 on the purchase of a lower mileage car if you trade in a gas guzzler, you may be out of luck. The government has

July 31, 2009

A Japanese music teacher named Kazuko Eguchi has devised a way to teach children younger than 4 years old perfect pitch: The few who are born with perfect pitch say notes have a concrete identity and presence, almost like colors, and being able to intuitively

July 31, 2009

Patrick Kyle, Cranach commentator and editor of New Reformation Press, announced a new resource that is now available: Wanted to let you know that we have a new presentation up on our site from SOCO (South Orange County Outreach) The lectures are entitled ‘Where in

July 30, 2009

House Democrats have reached an agreement on a health care bill, though it won’t be voted upon until September, violating the President’s deadline. The moderate “blue dog” democrats were thrown some bones, so this version should pass. Here are some elements: Among other things, the

July 30, 2009

Here is an interestingreview of a new book by Wired editor Chris Anderson entitled Free: The Future of a Radical Price: It’s called “freemium.” That term, first popularized by venture capitalist Fred Wilson, describes a business model that combines free with premium and is based

July 30, 2009

Peter Hitchens is a Christian, but his brother Christopher is a militant atheist, author of the book God is Not Great. Peter recently posed a dilemma for Christian-bashers like his brother. From Christian Telegraph: A broadcaster and journalist has been telling London’s Premier Radio that

July 29, 2009

A New York Times website explores the relationship between big churches and big corporations: Successful megachurches reflect American corporate history and management theory. Their architecture and organization “are best compared to those of the modern white-collar workplace.” In an essay and slide show from Triple

July 29, 2009

The avant garde choreographer Merce Cunningham has died at the age of 90. He was for dance what John Cage, his collaborator was for music; that is, he eliminated virtually every traditional element of the art form. Cunningham had his dancers move with no reference

July 29, 2009

Here is a new word for you: iPS cells (induced pluriponent stem cells), which work just as well as stem cells taken from killed embryos, as Chinese scientists have proven: In papers published online Thursday by two scientific journals, separate teams of researchers from Beijing

July 28, 2009

Sunday School attendance has been dropping across virtually all denominations. This has attracted the attention of The Wall Street Journal. From a column by Charlotte Hays: The decline in Sunday schools appears to be gradual but steady. A study by the Barna Group indicated that


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