Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
The form and structure of liturgies is something that churches which employ these in worship either take for granted or argue over intensely. But very few people understand how a) these came into being or b) how they should be revised or replaced in times of liturgical change. What kind of theology is embodied in …
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Fans of Allan Bloom will find this article a fascinating account of Cornell University's 1969 student revolt: While the administration cowered, many students and faculty members objected. Allan Bloom, one of Cornell’s most popular—and controversial—professors, told the Cornell Daily Sun that he was “shocked” by the agreement, and an unnamed “senior government professor” warned that …
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I agree with Grace-Marie Turner that the health care proposals currently bouncing through Congress are overreach. But I'm getting especially tired of "camel's nose" analogies such as this: When Sen. Joe Lieberman vowed to vote against the Senate bill if it contains a public plan, Reid had to have something to replace it. He revived …
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Christians who admire the non-violent protest methods of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King should consider this: Wonder what Mahatma Gandhi would have made of this. India's newest state, its 29th, came about with a local politician, Chandrasekhar Rao, using the Gandhian protest of "fasting unto death". It ended 11 days later with the central …
The form and structure of liturgies is something that churches which employ these in worship either take for granted or argue over intensely. But very few people understand how a) these came into being or b) how they should be revised or replaced in times of liturgical change. What kind of theology is embodied in …
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The discussion continues with Fr. Greg. I'll put his comments on my last post in with my reply. First, I’m confused, how is my account of the Eucharist as sacrifice any different from what you seem to approve of in this post, or, for that matter, different from the standard RC (and yes, Orthodox: see …
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Mark Perry's piece about the conflict between Stanley McChrystal and Karl Eikenberry over how to proceed in Afghanistan--a conflict little documented in our myopic press--makes for riveting reading: The State Department's frustration extended into the embassy in Kabul, where the US ambassador, Karl Eikenberry, was having his own problems with McChrystal. The appointment of Eikenberry …
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The form and structure of liturgies is something that churches which employ these in worship either take for granted or argue over intensely. But very few people understand how a) these came into being or b) how they should be revised or replaced in times of liturgical change. What kind of theology is embodied in …
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In a non-Biblical way, that's what Google CEO Eric Schmidt is telling everyone: Eric Schmidt suggests you alter your scandalous behavior before you complain about his company invading your privacy. That's what the Google CEO told Maria Bartiromo during CNBC's big Google special last night, an extraordinary pronouncement for such a secretive guy. The generous …
Some people are just too sensitive: Pencils and notebooks resembling President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign ads have been sold in at least one Columbia school and other public schools, causing the company that distributes the materials to travel around the state yanking the supplies out of machines. “Don’t be mad at us,” said Greg Jones, …
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Positive Infinity 