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Today in the church calendar used by my church is the Feast of Christ the King. In the spirit of bringing together old and new, liturgical y...

In case my readers wonder where I am, I am taking most of my free time to draft a paper on the existence of the external world.

Here's the story: We're apparently nearing "National Coming Out Day"--as if normal people should have to know about such a...

This a great song I just heard tonight. Very much of an early American folk sound. The musician is the pianist for the group Selah.

Wow. Just wow. You've gotta read this. This is a resignation letter from Harold Lewis, Emeritus Professor at U of CA, Santa Barbara to t...

There's a great, great, ranting post on idiot clerics and their recent anathemas against Israel. Desmond Tutu comes in for a well-deser...

I put up a particularly good via media set of Michaelmas posts here and at W4 two years ago, so I'll link to them here and here . (Triv...

From A Man for All Seasons : Thomas More: There is one question I would like to ask the witness. (To Richard Rich) That...

Okay, time for some more Gospel music. Here is the late, great George Younce and the Cathedrals singing "I Thirst." Here are the w...

...from New Jersey Transit after an 11-year career. The reason? He violated an "ethics code." Let me get this straight: People w...

In case I have any readers here who aren't friends on Facebook, this is what I said there about 9/11: I remember 9/11. And the moral I t...

I've been researching penny whistles lately, and in the process I found this absolutely hilarious page about a penny whistle set sold ...

If you like acoustic country and bluegrass music and hymns, you should buy this album. My favorites are "At Calvary" and "Ama...

Very fun satire by Richard Bauckham. Some tidbits: The stories afford us a fairly accurate view of some of the rivalries and disputes with...

My fantasy speech from an Israeli Prime Minister: I have no interest whatsoever in the so-called peace process. The peace process is a sham ...

I have recently become aware of The Devil's Delusion , David Berlinski's book on the New Atheists. Berlinski has in excelsis the gi...

You can't make this stuff up. Black wilding gangs openly hold a "beat whitey night" at the Iowa State Fair ("Our state f...

On tax exempt applications from pro-Israel groups. See the lawsuit here . An IRS agent got a little too talkative. (It was a woman, in case ...

Rand once said that she had seen someone claiming that people had a right to, shall we say delicately, sexual satisfaction. Well, look here ...

I apologize for not moderating comments in a timely fashion. I had thought that blogger would be sending me e-mail notifications when they w...