April 2011
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I don't know why this makes me laugh.
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Sunday Night Journal – April 10, 2011 Not too long ago I heard someone say that the greatest problem facing the country is the intrusion of religion into politics. He was quoting Jimmy Carter, who is generally wrong about both those things, and I thought it was pretty far off the mark to say that…
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This is just sort of sad: a "secular," i.e. atheist, bible.
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Or maybe it should be mongoose and cobra: here's a liberal who can't believe her best friend is a Republican. It's a somewhat encouraging story, but what strikes me as most significant about it is that this should be considered a big deal. Not that I'm surprised that it is; the comments on the piece are…
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I just finished watching this strange and powerful Swedish vampire movie, which was recommended to me some time ago by Rob G (at least I think that's who it was). I thought I vaguely remembered him, or someone, suggesting that there were Christian resonances to be found in it. And maybe there are a few,…
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Red Cardigan (Erin Manning) has an interesting post about the implementation, coming in Advent of this year, of the new liturgical translations: Liturgy Wars: the coming storm. I reworded the title as a question, because I'm not at all sure there is going to be a storm in my parish, and perhaps not very much of…
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…on the Chinese publication of his book, A History of the Low Countries. It's been out in English since 2005, apparently–I didn't know. Looks right interesting.
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Sunday Night Journal — April 3, 2011 As sometimes happens, I’ve chosen a topic and launched into it only to find, when it’s too late to turn back, that I can’t hope to do justice to it in the time available. I’ve tried to hit what I consider the main points, but I’m very conscious…
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I've been meaning to mention this. My wife and I finished it up (it's a 4-dvd set) last weekend, and I recommend it enthusiastically. I can simply repeat what I said a couple of years ago about the BBC's Bleak House, except that in this case I haven't read the book at all, but my…
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A Facebook friend mentions there that she has acquired a new dog, a dark-colored retriever sort, and that he is so hyper-active that she thinks he may be a meth lab.
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