The Archive

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Matthew Lee AndersonBible

The Dialectic in the Gospel of Mark

A dramatic section of the Gospel of Mark consists of Jesus triumphantly entering Jerusalem, cleansing the temple, and the subsequent attacks on Him by the religious leaders. The first two

Matthew Lee AndersonSports

Rational Animals: Week Five

Back to sub-par.....and the end of our playoff hopes. Versus: The Longis Maghonis Recap: It was ugly from before the beginning until the end of the game. We

Matthew Lee AndersonSports

UCLA Goes Down to Better Florida Team

My Bruins had a fantastic run this year, so it was heartbreaking to see them lose one step shy of ultimate college basketball glory in the NCAA Championship game last

Matthew Lee Anderson

University of Texas Scientist Advocates Destroying 90% of World's Population

Apparently, Dr. Eric Pianka of the University of Texas advocated a plan to save the world’s environment by killing 90% of the population at the 2006 Texas Academy of Science Meeting. The Ebola virus was his method of choice. You […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Rational Animals: Week Four

Finally, we have returned to mediocrity. Enough bottom-dwelling for us. Week Four: vs. Quakers Recap: We finally came out strong. Jeremy, one of our best outside shooters, drilled a three on our first possession, and while it wasn’t all that […]

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Send Hilary to Jail

For sale:  star in a children's book and send Hilary Clunkton to jail.  WorldAhead Publishing, a local conservative political publisher, is selling the opportunity to be featured in

Matthew Lee AndersonEducation

Da Vinci Code Takedown and Send-up

Fred Sanders' post on Middlebrow outing nine art errors in that atrocious, yet very popular and profitable novel, The Da Vinci Code is a gem. I had plenty of

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

A Matter of Logic

My computer is no more. Blogging is light because, well, I have no computer. No computer=no internet=no blogging. As my students would say, "It's a

Matthew Lee AndersonEducation

The Problem with Raising the Stakes in the Debate on Homosexuality in the Church

Over at the fantastic blog Mere Comments, Dante translator Anthony Esolen wrote a piece urging the church to “raise the stakes” in the debate on homosexuality in the church by “blistering and frank condemnations of fornication — based on a […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

An Exercise in Futile Public Relations

Jacques Chirac’s crusade against English has led him to storm out (with aides right behind!) of a European Union meeting. When M Seillière, who is an English-educated steel baron, started a presentation to all 25 EU leaders, President Chirac interrupted […]

Keith E. BuhlerUncategorized

on book-movie conversion

Nicholas Pileggi, on converting a book to a movie: "The book is the book. You gotta remember. The book is the book. I think a lot of writers miss

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

A Success of the War in Iraq

As always in war, this success is mixed: the battleground has shifted from targets in the West to the soil of Iraq. Of course we would rather the war went