Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
Daniel Finkelstein's post on the ten worst mistakes in British history is one of the most fascinating things I've seen on the Web in some time. But he (and, unless I've overlooked something, all but one of his respondents) have overlooked a big one: Vortigern's bright idea of bringing the Saxons over to defend post-Roman …
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Susan Estrich brings up the unspeakable issue for the Democrats: But, the fact is that there is a long pattern of what we in California call the “Bradley problem” in polling, after the former Los Angeles mayor who was elected governor in every poll, including the exits, except that he lost at the ballot box. …
Mike Huckabee tells us the following about his victory in Kansas: "I didn't major in math," the former Arkansas governor told a cheering crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference. "I majored in miracles, and I still believe in them." There was a time when Southern Baptists weren't permitted (by group pressure at least) to …
Back in the 1980's, when the Reagan Revolution was in full swing, my father and I got into an exchange over some conservative views that I had set forth. At one point he scolded me, "You just have never really understood where and how conservatives of my generation think," of which he was certainly one. …
Rowan Williams thinks that some in the UK should have their own legal system: Dr Rowan Williams told Radio 4's World at One that the UK has to "face up to the fact" that some of its citizens do not relate to the British legal system. Dr Williams argues that adopting parts of Islamic Sharia …
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This week's regular podcast is Scott Ross' recent 700 Club interview with Phil Keaggy, who was recently inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Phil is without a doubt the greatest guitarist to have ever graced contemporary Christian music. And there's life changing potential in that. In one of my older articles, I stated …
Evidently James Dobson isn't any happier with John McCain than he is with anyone else: As they would ask in Russia, what is to be done? What this shows, unfortunately, is that a wide swath of Evangelical leaders in the U.S. doesn't have a viable game plan for Evangelicals relative to the state. Say what …
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Having made a career of making Muslims mad, he turns his attention towards Mormonism and Mitt Romney: American Christianity often fails to understand its inner tension between the earthly and heavenly kingdoms. Abraham Lincoln's famous epigram said it best: Americans are an "almost chosen people". Mormonism helps clarify the issue, for it is a freakish …
The Mike Huckabee campaign made its next to last stop this morning in Chattanooga, Tennessee, before returning to Little Rock for Super Tuesday. Mike Huckabee's speech--along with a brief contribution by Chuck Norris--can be found here, and is the special podcast today. It's a little over thirty minutes. The stage is set for the candidate's …
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In the middle of this political year, let's take a break and look at something really important: high speed police car chases. How can we avoid them? One solution from South Florida is shown below. This of course is a Ford Pinto, used by Old Port Cove (near West Palm Beach, FL) as a patrol …
