Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
This Saturday Texas Gov. Rick Perry is sponsoring a prayer rally called "The Response." In a country whose elites are sensitive to any serious demonstration of faith, the reactions have been predictable. But in view of the buzz regarding Rick's plans after The Response, I think we need to look at this another way. Ags, …
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When we think of "contemporary" Christian music, most of us restrict ourselves to the US, or throw in the UK for good measure. But the revolution in Christian music in the 1960's and 1970's went far beyond the Anglophone world, and this album--from France--may be the best example of that. It's conventional wisdom to characterise …
For the Fourth of July, when the U.S. celebrates its independence from the U.K., I have gone on at length about the importance of the Declaration of Independence as our true founding document. This year, however, I've picked something a little closer to home: the aviation service during World War II of my uncle, Don …
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Most people are familiar with the America's Cup, the sailboat race which has attracted prominent competitors such as Sir Thomas Lipton and Ted Turner. What most people don't know is that there is a fresh water counterpart to that race, the Canada's Cup, sailed on the Great Lakes. The genesis of that race, how the …
Ark: Voyages (1978) When one thinks of Southern music--especially in the 1970's--one thinks of either Country and Western or Southern Gospel. And it's true that much of what came out in that era was one or the other. A good example of that was the Greenville, SC group Southern Joy that we feature on this …
I've been digging through the old family archives and came up with this gem of a photograph: It was probably taken around the turn of the last century at the Civil War monument in Washington Park in Michigan City, Indiana. At the top is my great-grandfather, George Warrington. At the bottom, with his tongue stuck …
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As if things at NPR weren't hard enough, we have this going on: A Maine man has been jailed on federal charges that he threatened to kill or harm two of the hosts of “All Things Considered,” the popular National Public Radio news program, The Smoking Gun has learned. The defendant in custody, John Crosby, …
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It seems that the Christian world is all atwitter (literally, and elsewhere) about Rob Bell’s book Love Wins. Based on the information that’s available, he’s outed himself as a universalist, which frankly doesn’t sit well with me. In the meanwhile, it seemed that it was as good a time as any to post Antonia Tripolitis’ …
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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Michelle Obama is catching heat for referring to Charlotte, NC's, great barbecue: In listing Charlotte's many virtues, Obama named southern charm, hospitality, diversity — "And of course, great barbecue." That was news to residents, who know that North Carolina's best barbecue lies farther afield. "We appreciate the compliments, and they're all spot-on until that last …
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