Updated: Removed a confusion from the last paragraph. Also, Hugh is furious at NBC, as are these folks. On the other side of the aisle, this bloke wants the tapes released to everyone. (End Update)
The tragedy at Virginia Tech took a bizarre turn today that I certainly didn't expect, and my hunch is others didn't either. I have no doubt it will be used as effective rhetoric against the slow response of the administration and security at the school (John from Verum Serum has asked some very pointed questions in this regard).
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Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.
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