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Keith E. BuhlerUncategorized

the difficult immanence of the transcendent

Charles Williams, in himself or perhaps only in his writings, embodies the futile human attempt to talk about the untalkable, to say the ineffable, to embody the bodiless. I am

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Dan Brown's Real Purpose Behind the Da Vinci Code

Daniel Henninger finally got to the bottom of Dan Brown's motives behind the  Da Vinci Code and it's even more clever and insidious that the most

Matthew Lee AndersonBlogging

On GodBlogs and Priorities

It’s a crime that we have not linked to John Schroeder of Blogotional more here at Mere O. John has been one of the main supporters of Mere O since our inception and has never hesitated to link to us […]

Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsLiterature

Lincoln as Literary Critic

On a recent reading of some of Abraham Lincoln's letters and speeches, I discovered this interesting line in a letter to James Hackett, a Shakespearian actor: Some of

Matthew Lee Anderson

The Wit of George Bernard Shaw

I have recently finished Joseph Pearce’s biography of G.K. Chesterton. It is a sufficient retelling of Chesterton’s life. Sufficient because though it is a handy compendium of original letters and material, it avoids diving into the deeper aspects of Chesterton’s […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

The Love of God

The cross of Jesus Christ is the manifestation of the love of God to earth. As such, it is the most powerful image of love. It is the substance, the reality. Is it possible to convey the reality of the […]

Keith E. BuhlerUncategorized

Romeo and Juliet (info)

For those of you in the La Mirada area, the Torrey Theater Club is performing its final shows of Romeo and Juliet next weekend. We opened last Friday and it

Keith E. BuhlerUncategorized

Enthusiasmos heads to graduate school

At three o’clock today I received a call from Fuller Graduate School of Psychology congratulating me on my acceptance to the masters program.

Matthew Lee Anderson

Mexico Legalizes Cocaine, Heroin, Etc.

Wow. The law the Mexican president Vicente Fox will sign in today or Monday will allow Mexicans to own small amounts of drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, and heroin. You can read about it here. If ever it were time […]

Keith E. BuhlerUncategorized

Grad school update

For those of you who know, I decided sometime recently that I want to begin my graduate career in psychology before moving on to philosophy. I applied to Fuller'

Keith E. BuhlerFilm Reviews/Hollywood

a very Monty Christmas

I just watched Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. As with all of Monty Python's humour, it is a hilarious, if you are into that brand

Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophyEpistemology

What might knowledge be?

Some friends are planning on studying the Theatetus together this Summer. This Platonic dialogue is devoted to answering the question, "What is knowledge?" In a sort of intellectual