September 2010
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Sunday Night Journal — September 12, 2010 It won’t surprise anyone who’s read much of this series, or of my blog, to hear that I’ve never been one to entertain nostalgic visions of a golden age of childhood and youth. I was always inclined to be melancholy and anxiety-ridden, and that doesn’t make for entirely…
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That was my first reaction to the Cordoba House/Park 51/"ground zero mosque" controversy, and after thinking about it and listening to the arguments on both sides for a week or two, I've come down again pretty strongly on the same position. Last night I was watching the Alabama-Penn State game (24-3, thank you), but I…
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Weekend Music It’s terribly sad that they didn’t stay married. Still, the song remains. I hadn’t heard it for many years. I was probably in my late thirties when I last heard it, and I find that the title takes on a somewhat different meaning now, at 61.
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Apropos the conversation with Daniel (on this post) about anti-Muslim feeling in the U.S., I wondered how many mosques there are in the state of Alabama, and I found some interesting stuff. Many people in this country would be quick to tell you that white southerners are the most racist xenophobic etc. in the country.…
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…I should not have done that. I just read (while web-surfing with sandwich in hand) the description of a scene from the forthcoming final Harry Potter movies, and now I know something important about the movies which one wouldn't exactly know from reading the books. It will be a very moving scene–it was moving just to read…
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Yes, that pretty well characterizes the intention of some jerk preacher to burn copies of the Koran. I am in total agreement with Jonah Goldberg on this. Reasonable people can disagree about the Cordoba Center, I think. But not this; it can have no effect but to increase the amount of hatred in the world. And I…
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Sunday Night Journal — September 5, 2010 It’s been a busy weekend, and I’ve been having serious computer problems. So I’m going to limit this to a few comments on recent events. First, the so-called “ground zero mosque” story. Why “so-called”? Well, the use of the term “ground zero” to refer to the still-gaping hole…
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Well, at least where the question of the existence of God is concerned. I really don't quite get why so many scientists think this is a matter on which they are any more qualified to speak than I am, to say nothing of those who have actually made philosophy and/or theology their life's work. Their triumphant…
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Weekend Music The guitar player and the drummer are married. This is an amusing video, but the song is minimized. To really hear the music, try this one, but the audio on it is significantly louder, so you might want to turn it down a little first.
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A few days ago on my way to work I was passed by a car that had several sort of feel-good vaguely left-wing-ish stickers on the rear window–you know, something warm about peace, something warm about the earth, something warm about the Episcopal Church. Then there was one that said "If it doesn't bring you…
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