Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
New Song A City Set Upon a Hill Cannot Be Hid (New Song NS-0001) 1976 Back when I first encountered the "Jesus Music" of the 1970's, I always wondered: what if they ditched the guitars and tambourines of the "Fisherfolk" and did something orchestrally? Evidently someone else had the same idea. The result of that …
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Why, which of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and reckon the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?-- For fear that, if he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, every one who sees it should begin to laugh at …
Rybovich--a leading name in marinas and yacht repair in the Palm Beaches for many years--proposes a new mega-yacht centre in Riviera Beach: Mega-yacht servicer Rybovich announced plans Friday to build a new yacht-repair centre on private land in Riviera Beach, abandoning its proposal to build the facility at the Riviera Beach-owned marina. The $45 million …
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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