We finally watched the “Beowulf” movie. It was bad in so many ways, I hardly know where to begin. First, I do not like that technique of blending real actors with computer animation. It makes for interesting special effects, but, at this stage of technology,
OK, so Congress voted not to bailout the auto industry to the tune of $14 billion. Whereupon President Bush decides to bailout the auto industry anyway, paying out more than Congress had contemplated, a whopping $17 billion. George Will sees such disregard of the legislature
Bernard Madoff made off with $50 billion through a Ponzi scheme, which is a scam in which new investments are collected and used to pay off earlier investments. Eventually, too many people are owed money and there aren’t enough new people paying in to make
The Washington Post has a good article on how the unbelievable political corruption in Illinois–which culminated in its governor getting caught trying to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat–came unraveled. It all began with a grandmother refusing to let the politicians shake her down: The wide-ranging
Here is a pretty good metaphor from a graduation speech by President Chuck Kelley at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary : “As we are seeing all these reasons for despair and discouragement and all this sense of panic and fear that is sobering men
A number of humanists are trying to organize themselves into congregations so that they can have meaningful rituals without having to believe in God. From Humanist Parents Seek Communion Outside Church: They are not religious, so they don’t go to church. But they are searching
I’ve been listening to Veni Emmanuel: Ancient and Traditional Christmas Carols, an all-Latin songfest from Classical Academic Press. It’s wonderful. One thing I like about medieval music is that the singing is all with pure tones. Vibrato hadn’t been invented yet. Does anyone know why
You want great athletes? Try these guys. R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. tells about some exploits that, strangely, do not make the headlines: Yet my enthusiasm for the NFL stars’ athleticism has been overshadowed this year by reports of far more prodigious athleticism demonstrated last April
Thanks to FW for pointing out the latest threat to the rule of law. Consider this: The Bush Administration is planning to use money from the $700 billion financial system bailout for an auto industry bailout. To do that, it is seizing on the fact
Yesterday we posted about the persecution of Christians in the state of Orissa in India. Here is the story of a ten-year-old girl who, though horribly mutilated in that persecution, offers the Hindu extremists who did this to her forgiveness and the love of Jesus.
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