Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
On the back of an Episcopal baptismal certificate, 1863. The only similarity between then and now is the authoritarian command of the church. And these days the Episcopal Church is getting its authority from somewhere other than above. After Jesus had come into the Temple Courts, the Chief Priests and the Councillors of the Nation …
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It's bad enough that Jimmy Carter has uncritically accepted the idea that Israel is solely responsible for all of the Middle East's problems. But the fact that he won't even debate Alan Dershowitz--a card-carrying liberal if there ever was one--only shows that his hopeless pseudosophistication has gone beyond human repair. Carter has forgotten that Jews …
We're sure that this is what Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky is saying to himself after the fiasco (which SEA-TAC is finally reversing) in which the Rabbi threatened to sue the airport for not including a menorah with the Christmas trees at the airport. The airport, of course, responded by ordering the removal of the trees, which …
This is the time of year when the minds of the very young turn to Santa Claus. Cookies and milk appear near the fireplace. Mall Santas experience full employment. And "The Night Before Christmas" gets recited ad nauseam. Eventually somebody breaks the news that there is no Santa Claus, but as long as the gifts …
The Iraq Study Group report highlights something that deserves better treatment than it receives in our political/media system: the problem with Americans negotiating for anything. Basically, Americans look at negotiating with Iran, Syria or anyone else the same way they do business deals: the negotiators go in, they apply whatever skills they have at "doing …
As you might expect, we're not surprised that James Baker's committee has supported the "right of return" and a Middle East peace conference without Israel. Baker's thinking is exactly the same as the reason Russia got into bed with Iran: cash flow. The oil industry's main source of raw material is the Persian Gulf, and …
The story--which Drudge dutifully linked to--of a British Airways passenger who suffered a fatal heart attack and whose body traversed the Atlantic is one of those things the Internet magnifies. Before the Net, it would have barely deserved a notice. For me, it brought back memories of a commercial competitor. Joost Werner Jansz was a …
Last year we stated that Iran's greater objective than wiping Israel off of the map was to take control of both sides of the Persian Gulf, which would include Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the other Gulf states. Such an assesment was and is a minority view, both by those who support Israel (the …
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Although the Thanksgiving holiday is past, we as Christians should not make it an end of being thankful. Being thankful to God for all of the blessings that He has given us—especially the gift of redemption by His Son Jesus Christ—must be a part of our daily living. The same psalm that says “Let us …
Today, of course, is AIDS awareness day. However, many Christians are unsympathetic to the whole epidemic, and this has subjected them to attack from the likes of Rick Warren, to say nothing of those on the left. The basic problem, as is the case with many things, is political. Back in the 1980's, gay activists …
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