Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
Although it bodes ill for our future, the following from Michael Pento is as succinct summary of our Fed's recent actions as one could want: It now appears that the United States has finally succeeded in its efforts to destroy confidence in the US dollar. Given the currency's reserve status, its ubiquity in financial markets, …
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It's hard to think of a group that defines 1970's Christian folk/coffee-house music as much as this one, which morphed into The Fisherfolk. The group had its start in 1969 as the resident singing group of The Way In, a Christian coffee-house in the Allen Landing area of Houston, Texas. The Way In was, in …
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And Jesus went forth and saw much people, and his heart did melt upon them and he healed of them those that were sick. (Matthew 14:14, Tyndale) Published in 1526, William Tyndale’s New Testament was the first New Testament to be translated directly into English from the original Greek. Originally from England, he was forced …
In view of the massive demonstrations in America's Heartland, and especially Michelle Rhee's CNN article about breaking the iron grip of seniority on teacher hiring and retention, I'd like to repost this 2006 piece (which I wrote while on a superintendent search committee) on the role of the trade union in public education. No discussion …
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Just when you think you've seen everything in the Anglican Revolt, we have this: There is a new twist in property settlements that forces fleeing orthodox parishes that wish to disaffiliate from the Episcopal Church over faith and morals. They can keep their properties in a lease back arrangement, but the church cannot affiliate with …
“Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done–on earth, as in Heaven.” (Matthew 6:10.) My mother wasn’t in the best of moods that evening. As I prepared to leave her and my wife in the car and run in the grocery store, she gave me her orders: “I want the greenest bananas in the place!” That …
Last week I posted a piece on why it's important not to get too trimphalistic on the French rejection of same sex civil marriage. That brought a long series of comments from "MichaelPS" who is obviously very familiar with French jurisprudence on this subject. One of his observations was as follows: It is significant that, …
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This coming Sunday I will begin featuring my devotional book, Month of Sundays. I've already posted the first devotional on happiness; the rest will follow in sequence. This post is a dedication and the introduction to the book. Dedication This work is associated with several "lasts" and yet another one is the object of this …
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School Sisters of Notre DameChoose Life (Mark MC 4 329) 1976? If you're looking for an album that epitomises the guitar strumming, non-percussional style of music that dominated Catholic Masses during the 1970's, it's hard to beat this album. On top of that, the School Sisters (from Mankato, MN) perform in the cavernous, reverberant acoustics …
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The setting of the novel The Ten Weeks was exactly forty years ago. This is the last of a series of excerpts from the novel, one for each week (except for Weeks Two and Three, which were combined). Click here for more information on the book, including the new e-book version. “There are many unpleasant …
Positive Infinity 