Another Climategate e-mail, the best one yet: The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can’t. The CERES data published in the August BAMS 09 supplement on 2008 shows there should
Another Climategate e-mail, the best one yet: The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can’t. The CERES data published in the August BAMS 09 supplement on 2008 shows there should
Did you know that dinner plates, up until the late 1960’s used to be only 9 inches in diameter? Since then, they have kept getting bigger until today the average dinner plate is 12 inches wide. And so, when we fill our plates we are
From George Washington, 1789: Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor – and Whereas both Houses of Congress have
Columnist Sally Quinn , writing about entertaining guests, tossed off a provocative comparison: When you think about it, there is a sacred quality to the sharing of a meal. Just think of Jesus's last supper as an example. The table can be a kind of
From Grace Upon Grace: Spirituality for Today by John W. Kleinig, on saying grace before our meal: “Because God provides us with our daily bread and all that we need for our physical journey on earth, we exercise our faith by saying grace before and
In our Bible class, we are studying Genesis by way of Luther’s commentary, the equivalent, as our pastor said, of taking a class on the subject at the University of Wittenberg, the commentary consisting essentially of Dr. Luther’s lecture notes. Sunday we were looking at
From Grace Upon Grace: Spirituality for Today by John W. Kleinig (which, at last count, we have boosted to #7,389 on the Amazon.com bestseller list, up from #200,000 something): “Jesus does not offer us superhuman life; He does not turn us into supermen and superwomen
Hackers broke into the computers of some prominent global warming scientists, whose e-mails show them fudging data, suppressing contrary evidence, and violating scientific protocols to advance their hypothesis about catastrophic climate change. Here are some of the e-mails, as classified by the London Telegraph: Manipulation
Economics columnist Robert J. Samuelson finds another quirk in the Health Care bill. Already, our system of entitlements is forcing the young to subsidize the old, what with Social Security imbalances. Now comes the House-passed health-care "reform" bill that, amazingly, would extract more subsidies from
Here is a fascinating article on the influence of specific religious beliefs on economic growth. It’s too long to do justice with excerpts, so I will give you this teaser from The curious economic effects of religion – The Boston Globe: A pair of Harvard
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