While trolling for new material for companion site vulcanhammer.net, I ran across the military document UFC 4-750-01NF, Golf Clubhouses. The U.S. Military doesn't leave anything to chance, and this includes the design of the clubhouses for the golf facilities it operates. Below are a few photographs of these structures, taken directly from the document. Vandenberg …
The Anglican Calendar Script and Feast Days
Recently I received the following email from one of our visitors: I am writing about the Anglican Calendar php program on this website. Firstly, thank you so much for creating it and sharing it! It is fantastic! I am developing a website for my 1928 bcp church, and wanted something to put a bit of …
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A Saudi Solution to a Saudi Problem
About three weeks ago, I posted The Saudis and Their Dangerous Game, where I discussed the whole business of a nation that, while propagating very tough Wahhabbi-Salafi Islam, they were then forced to deal with those who took is more seriously than they did. This piece had enough merit to be cited in Slate. Part …
With Bankruptcy Law, Timing is Everything
It's probably worth reminding everyone that, in advance of the current credit meltdown, the U.S. tightened its bankruptcy laws, as noted in the 2005 posting A recipe for social unrest.
Yahweh in the Morning: Spirit
This week's podcast continues Emmanuel's music with Spirit (appropriate enough for a Charismatic prayer group.) Click here for more information on Yahweh in the Morning.
Peace, Justice and Catholic Education
Back in the early 1980's, I was involved in a Catholic Charismatic prayer group. We were under a great deal of pressure, some of which was of our own making and some of which came from a Church which didn't really care much for what we were doing. It was also the days of "if …
Emigration: Not So Extreme After All
Some may have thought the posting Maybe It's Time to Emigrate (concerning Lydia Playfoot and the chastity ring case) was a little extreme. But then again consider the Daily Express informing us that 4,000 people a week trying to leave UK. BRITAIN is facing a mass exodus of people looking to escape the crime and …
Spengler’s West Coast Competition
Those of you who follow "Spengler" on Asia Times Online are familiar with his argument coupling the birthrate with religious belief and the survival of a society. (An interesting correlation of this from an Episcopalian standpoint can be found here.) It looks like he's got some competition from the West Coast in the form of …
A Link From Indonesia
In the course of all of the social, political and other rants that fill this blog, it's easy to forget that a major source of visitors is our companion site vulcanhammer.net, the site for geotechnical and marine engineering downloads. In the course of those links this site received one from the website The works of …
Evangelicals and Politics: Somebody Finally Gets It
It is heartening when someone, somewhere--and especially an academic like Bradford Wilcox at a respected institution (in this case the University of Virginia)--finally grasps what liberals cannot in his article Preaching to the Choir, namely that much of evangelicals' political involvement is defensive rather than offensive. This is something I have been repeating since Public …
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Positive Infinity 