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TexPolitics
Unfortunately, one of the most frustrating experiences any rational person could ever have is to listen to liberals try to justify their position on any sort of political or social issue” (x). So begins Richard Mgrdechian’s book How the Left […]
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Two posts in one week!?! I know, it’s unheard of, but I couldn’t contain myself. I just read this article at JPost.com and followed it up with this news release from the Hashemite Kingdom. Jordan’s King Abdullah is opening a […]
TexLiterature
I imagine I am somewhat putting my reputation on the line by making my reading of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice common and public knowledge; after all, it
TexChurch
Tradition and my church have an odd relationship. My church vocally and vociferously decries religious tradition as the dirty fingerprint that sinful man leaves upon the pure and undefield religion of God. If only men had sense enough to neither […]
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Writing a tribute to a 35-year-old woman who, according to many, had it all is much like an apprentice trying to paint the Sistine Chapel in a day.
TexembodimentAnthropology
Diets. Self-help books. Gym memberships. Book lists. Vitamins. Miracle pills. To modify an aphorism: “The road to depression (as well as bankruptcy and guilt) is paved with good intentions. We’ve all been subjected to the litany of horrible infomercials, the […]
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Five years after the two towers fell and the world wept, America and her friends continue to stand and pursue their goal of making the world a safer place by
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This weekend, I met the man who sorts, roasts, crushes, creams and packages the peanut butter you probably ate on your last PB&J. The man’s name is Sunland Inc. and he processes nearly 90% of the Valencia peanuts grown in America […]
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The editor of one of Beirut's English-language newspapers, the Daily Star, suggests that Hizbullah has some important lessons to teach Lebanon, the Arab world, and all those
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Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said,’Why could we not cast him out?’ And Jesus said unto them, ‘Because of your unbelief…howbeit this kind goeth not out except by prayer and fasting.” Matthew 17:19–21 The thirteenth lesson in […]
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A week of night simulator rides has left my mind unable to do much more this Sunday afternoon than just take a nap (which I intend to do as soon as I post this). So, rather than an attempt to […]
TexReviews (Theatre)
Over the weekend, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park,put on a stellar performance of Titus Andronicus,one of Shakespeare's less popular and more bloody tragedies. Since the majority