Due to a trip to Kansas City and a defunct laptop, I won’t be blogging this Labor Day weekend. Go out and enjoy the sun, and if you must stay inside and read blogs, enjoy Keith’s and Tex’s posts. Or use the blogroll–remember it? It’s still there linking to a number of blogs that are [...]
Archive for August, 2007
August 31, 2007
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Consistent Blogging Delayed Yet Again!
By Matthew Lee Anderson in News, Uncategorized
August 31, 2007
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Jihad and Justice: Islamic and Christian Theories of War
By Tex in International Politics, Islam, War and Peace, While DeployedLook for articles in this series every Monday and Friday…. The invasion of Iraq set off a volley of questions about the justifiability of war that continue to be asked as America, and the world, evaluates the continued presence and efforts of the Coalition forces in the country. Commentators on both sides of the issue, [...]
August 28, 2007
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The Death of Education….French edition!
By Matthew Lee Anderson in UncategorizedLot’s of people like to lament the fact that American education is, well, less spectacular than we all might like it to be. There’s a silver lining, though. We’re not alone in our ignorance! This poor fellow and half the audience still haven’t received the “Copernican revolution” memo. My favorite parts: the three people in [...]
August 27, 2007
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All about Facebook
By Matthew Lee Anderson in TechnologyThere’s lots of talk these days about Facebook being the next Microsoft. Is it? The main question for Facebook, as it is with nearly every interesting web idea, is how they will make money. CNN Money pointed out today that Facebook has taken an interesting route to profitability: by opening up the doors and letting [...]
August 25, 2007
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The Death of Political Memory
By Matthew Lee Anderson in PoliticsI don’t read Boars Head Tavern very much. I’ll confess that up front. But they have hit on a discussion of politics lately that has been of some interest to me, particularly sense at least one of the members, Bill Mackinnon, has registered strong disagreement with the decision to invade Iraq. Along the way, he [...]
August 24, 2007
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Book Review: Our First Revolution
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Reviews (Books)Michael Barone, a senior editor at US News and World Report, has written a gem of a history in his newest book Our First Revolution. While the American Revolution is largely hailed as the first significant experiment in representative democracy, Barone argues persuasively that England’s Glorious Revolution of 1688-89, in which William of Orange (Netherlands) [...]
August 24, 2007
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Ethical Adventure 3: Dining on the Taxpayer’s Dime
By Tex in "Questions worth Asking", While DeployedLinks to the previous adventures and series intro are at the bottom of the page. —————– Every time you fly a mission away from your home station you and your crew are entitled to per diem money that is meant to cover any sort of incidental expenses that might arise: things like eating at a [...]
August 23, 2007
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Romney: Flip-Flopping or Not?
By Matthew Lee Anderson in PoliticsUpdate: Consistent? Absolutely! Step one, then step two! My brother says “yes.” I remain unconvinced. Watch this video of the Massachusetts gubernatorial debate. Romney argues forcefully that he will not change the pro-life laws. In fact, he argues with the sort of passion that suggests he is either (a) an extremely polished liar or (b) [...]
August 22, 2007
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In Pursuit of Truth: The Journal of the C.S. Lewis Foundation
By Matthew Lee Anderson in NewsAs they penned the books that form our name here at Mere Orthodoxy, we’re pretty interested in all things C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton. I’m enthralled by the new journal of the C.S. Lewis Foundation, which owns the Kilns and puts on the program “Oxbridge” every few years. The articles it has up now look [...]
August 21, 2007
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Best Comedy of the Web
By Tex in HumorIf you happen to read the Mere-O Abridged sidebar you’ll notice that we’ve highlighted the Telegraphs’s Top 50 Must Watch YouTube videos for some time now. The other day I sat down to review their picks, and was amazed at their amazing lack of sense of humor. Of their top ten comedy flicks, only one [...]
August 19, 2007
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Mary for Evangelicals II
By Keith E. D. Buhler in UncategorizedMy friend Vicki responded in person to my first post about Jesus’ mother, saying that she (Vicki) does feel a certain sense of wonder about small objects that were touched or used by famous people of the past, Abraham Lincoln’s top hat for instance, or George Washington’s wooden teeth. And Mary, who was the flesh [...]
August 19, 2007
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Confessions of a Screenwriter, Month Two: Scheduling and Research
By Keith E. D. Buhler in Creation and Creativity, Hollywood, Life in generalIt had been about a month since Dizzy and I sat down and decided to write a screenplay. We had each done our own research and internal development and come up with a few ideas. We had written broad overviews in our heads and hashed them out with each other. But the time had come [...]
August 17, 2007
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Ethical Adventure 2: Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink!
By Tex in "Questions worth Asking", While DeployedNo preface, just a link to the series introduction and previous adventure. —————- You just got back from a long day of flying supplies into the military area of responsibility (AOR). On the way back to your lodging you pass a group of fellow officers and pilots who are sitting outside near a BBQ grill, [...]