Literacy is Dead Buried deep within my brother’s blog was this conversation about the function of words. I was reminded of it while reading Kevin VanHoozer’s essay “The World Well Staged” where he addresses the relationship between theology, culture and hermeneutics. He writes, “There is a growing distrust of the Word, and of words in [...]
Archive for July, 2004
July 26, 2004
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Literacy and Theology
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Meaning and Hermeneutics, Theology, Words and Language
July 20, 2004
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Michael Moore and Linda Ronstadt
By Don in Outside Articles of InterestLinda Ronstadt was ushered from The Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas yesterday and asked never to return when, during her set, she dedicated her rendition of the Eagles’ Desperado to Michael Moore and encouraged the audience to go see the film. Moore responded to Aladdin president Bill Timmins actions saying, “What country do you live [...]
July 18, 2004
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Who was M. Regulus? (And why don’t we care?)
By Shea Ramquist in Literature, Philosophy, PoliticsHello fine Gentleman, Matt sent me an invite today to join your exceptional online collaboration, and I’m honored to accept the offer. I hope that I can add the best of whatever I can to this virtual symposium. In prep for my classes next semester, I picked up The City of God today and started [...]
July 16, 2004
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Plato’s “Republic” in Aristotle’s “Politics”
By Andrew Selby in Literature, Philosophy, PoliticsIn the third book of Aristotle’s Politics, he sets forth his ideal government. In order to find the best one, he informs the reader that he will exposit and reject several theories by other prominent philosophers. He begins, naturally, with Plato’s ideal city. He proceeds to tear apart the idea, arguing that it is impossible [...]
July 15, 2004
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Re: A New Offense
By Don in UncategorizedSorry guys, couldn’t post this in the comments string… too long. Keith wrote: “Just like you and I both can tell the difference between a French painting rightly honored by a place in a museum such as the Getty and a cheap yet artistically sound airbrush painting on the back of a Rolling Stone [...]
July 8, 2004
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Imagination
By Keith E. Buhler in PhilosophyOn a totally unrelated note… The Power of Imagination We follow our own imaginations of the future. Our behavior is determined by the (imagined) consequence of this or that action. Imagination seems important. Memory and imagination seem to be the same faculty, or closely related. Our memory of the past is the only thing of [...]
July 8, 2004
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Is America too rich?
By Keith E. Buhler in America, EconomicsI have been doing Real Estate Appraising lately. I have the chance to witness new housing developments that are popping up around Orange County and the surrounding areas. The development I am most interested in for today is Ladera Ranch. These houses are nice. They are like manor houses, but instead of one manor per [...]
July 7, 2004
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C.S. Lewis Foundation
By Keith E. Buhler in Outside Articles of Interesthttp://www.cslewis.org/programs/college.html If you haven’t already heard of and checked out the CS Lewis Foundation, do. I was especially interested in the possibility of starting a 4-year college. See above.
July 2, 2004
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Islam Peaceful?
By Andrew Selby in International Politics, IslamIt has been my habit lately of listening to NPR, National Public Radio, while producing airplane windows in a factory. While I generally mistrust the obvious liberal bias in their news reports, one story caught my attention. They ran a spot highlighting major clerics’ sermons in response to news of Sadaam Hussein’s trial. All three [...]