Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
The backlash against Priti Patel and Munira Mirza has been something to behold. Mirza, recently appointed to run the Government’s new Racial Inequality Review, has been described as a ‘racial gatekeeper’, among other things; Patel has been accused of ‘gaslighting’ by Labour MPs after talking about her own experiences of racism. I feel it especially because… …
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I’ve been slowly reading through JK Rowling’s “Reasons for Speaking Out on Sex and Gender Issues.” If you have time, it is worth the effort—she reiterates many points I’ve run into elsewhere. She clearly and, I must say compassionately, lays out the dilemma for both women and for people suffering from gender dysphoria. Moreover, she… via …
They say it's temporary... Harvard College has joined peers in a major — albeit temporary — shift in college admissions: It’s dropping the requirement for standardized testing for the class of 2025, as the pandemic has restricted access to the SAT and ACT. For these institutions in particular, I think it's a waste of time. …
That's the finding of this Gallup poll: American pride has continued its downward trajectory reaching the lowest point in the two decades of Gallup measurement. The new low comes at a time when the U.S. faces public health and economic crises brought on by the coronavirus pandemic and civil unrest following the death of George …
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I've been puzzled about the spike this week in the stats for this post about Michael Scanlan and the University of Steubenville. A friend of mine put me on to an email blast from Ralph Martin; a video version of this is below: https://youtu.be/2XnxThW3wq0 My response to this was as follows: Now I understand the …
Just about every television I grew up with was a Zenith. So I was intrigued when I saw this video of a Zenith colour "roundie." We had one in our family room in Palm Beach (I'm not sure whether it was this exact model but it was close.) https://youtu.be/Mo8n3jLoM_U?t=293 The sample broadcast he chose is …
This Week in AG History — June 3, 1944 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on AG News, 04 June 2020 What can Pentecostals learn from John Wesley (1703-1791), the founder of Methodism? Wesley, an Anglican priest in England, helped to lay the foundation for large segments of the evangelical and Pentecostal movements. Despite living […] …
From John Fraser's The Chinese: Portrait of a People. His observations centred on the Gonganju (Public Security Bureau) in China. They became enmeshed (and very politicised) with the Great Leap Forward and later the Cultural Revolution, and after Mao's death the Party began an effort to disentangle the Gonganju from political life (and ultimately involvement …
This is the second of a series on sacred hymns, the story behind them, their text, a recording, and a simple companion devotional. “A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.” - St. Francis of Assisi Every Hymn Has a Story St. Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. Although… via …
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