William Stuntz over at TCS has an interesting article on the hottest Senate race in the country–Daschle vs. Thune. Over 50 million bucks have been spent on the race between the two candidates. RealClearPolitics.com has Thune with a slight lead over Daschle. Here’s hoping he wins it. Thune’s a Biola grad. Because of the missions/pastoral [...]
Archive for October, 2004
October 30, 2004
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Confessions
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Outside Articles of InterestApparently, they’re no longer sufficient to prosecute with. A man turned himself in for a hit-and-run. He was released so prosecutors could compile enough evidence to charge him. And then he turned himself in again. Details here.
October 30, 2004
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Under the Microscope…
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Biola, EvangelicalismThis makes three times in the last year a major news organization has infiltrated “the bubble.” My alma mater, Biola, was featured in this article in the La Times. The first was a radio story on the BBC (one that implicitly compared Biola to the Taliban). The second was a New York times magazine article [...]
October 26, 2004
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Irrigating Deserts
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Education, PhilosophyAs mentioned previously, I teach homeschoolers in a modified “great books” program. Right now we are reading C.S. Lewis’s Abolition of Man. It is, in many ways, Lewis argues that contemporary (to him) eduational philosophy makes students adopt two basic assumptions: (1) that the predicates of value refer to internal feelings and not to actual [...]
October 24, 2004
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A Man among us…
By Matthew Lee Anderson in SportsNot “That” Man. This man. 6 innings on a pieced together ankle in what was possibly his last World Series start (this year). Gutsy. Just plain gutsy. It’s amazing to see a pitcher who won’t let his team lose, as Schilling did against the Yankees and again tonight. Reverse the Curse indeed.
October 24, 2004
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Integrity, integrity…….uh……integrity?
By Matthew Lee Anderson in PoliticsThe potential bomb the blogosphere has been abuzz with has landed. Suddenly in question is this quote, made by Kerry in the second presidential debate: “This president hasn’t listened. I went to meet with the members of the Security Council in the week before we voted. I went to New York. I talked to all [...]
October 24, 2004
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Evangelicals and Gnosticism Continued
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Evangelicalism, Theology, Theology (Christian Life)Once again, I’ll move this out of comments on to the main page. Why? Because I’m wordy. Jim said: “You were surprised that such a bright student could hold a Gnostic belief; but does it really make a practical difference in that person’s–or any other person’s–life, especially since it’s just one out of a panoply? [...]
October 24, 2004
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Computer chip implants
By Keith E. Buhler in TechnologyDoes anyone else hear the slow, steady approach of Fate? Computer chip implants have been approved by the FDA to be inserted in to some humans for the sake of quick identification in medical emergencies. These tiny chips, the size of a grain of rice, are easily implanted in twenty minutes without stitches. They convey [...]
October 24, 2004
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Usually last to know?
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Blogging, PoliticsDon’t be. Powerline has a tip that a paper (Washington Post?) is going to run a front page story Monday that will allegedly damage Kerry’s credibility. Hewitt continues to predict sound defeat for Kerry and I’m inclined to agree. I heard the mayor (Democrat) of Youngstown, Ohio on the radio the other day and (presuming [...]
October 23, 2004
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Shawshanked.
By Matthew Lee Anderson in SportsI once read (I think it was in an edition of Newsweek) that the term “shawshanked” was being adopted by “the youth of America” as a slang word. Inspired by the movie “The Shawshank Redemption,” the term meant something like “receiving an injustice.” In line with this tradition of creating words, a roommate (Matt Coombe) [...]
October 23, 2004
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Hashed and rehashed
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Evangelicalism, Theology, Theology (Christian Life)I was going to post this in the comments, but it was too lengthy to leave there. Original comments are included in their entirety. Jim, As always, good thoughts and questions. “Mr. Chesterton, in all fairness to your students, Paul’s words on the subject (especially 1 Corinthians 15) aren’t perfectly clear.” I realize Paul isn’t [...]
October 23, 2004
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I here again get the feeling…
By Keith E. Buhler in Theology…that I am re-discovering for myself what has been many times discovered by others. But each man must learn for himself, so I am bold to propose the following thesis: Everything to say has already been said. Frankly, I want to be famous. Not famous for fame’s sake, but famous because of how much I [...]