Category: Asides

This reminds me of an obser­va­tion some­one made a few months ago, “The prob­lem we have is that one par­ty is dan­ger­ous and the oth­er is stu­pid.”

Lib­er­als accord­ing to con­ser­v­a­tives, con­ser­v­a­tives accord­ing to lib­er­als

A 2006 CBS News sur­veys asked peo­ple who said they were con­ser­v­a­tive a few ques­tions about lib­er­als and asked peo­ple who said they were lib­er­als the same ques­tions about con­ser­v­a­tives (peo­ple who said…

The eco­nom­ic deba­cle seems very sim­ple at one lev­el — but it seems that I am reg­u­lar­ly learn­ing new facts that illus­trate just how com­plex it all was.

David Hen­der­son reviews the new Alan Blind­er book

The review is here, here is one inter­est­ing para­graph: Mr. Blind­er omits a cru­cial fact about Lehman, one that, by itself, explains why the huge drop in val­ue of Lehman’s mort­gage-backed secu­ri­ties le…

Heh.

MAINLINE/REFORMED-FROM-BIRTH CONGREGANT ATTENDS A PENTECOSTAL REVIVAL FOR THE FIRST TIME

MAINLINE/REFORMED-FROM-BIRTH CONGREGANT ATTENDS A PENTECOSTAL REVIVAL FOR THE FIRST TIME

I think I will file this one under “Com­mon-sense obser­va­tion by a judge.” In relat­ed news, see http://i.imgur.com/RtLy8.jpg

Amid Flu Shot Debate, Court Says Veg­an­ism Could Qual­i­fy as Reli­gious Belief: Court refus­es to dis­miss hos­pi­tal work­er’s reli­gious dis­crim­i­na­tion case after she was fired for refus­ing a flu shot.

At Chris­tian­i­ty Today, we’re con­stant­ly track­ing impor­tant devel­op­ments in the church and the world. Often we use our net­work of reporters around the world (and for that, vis­it our main site). But we …

This is actu­al­ly help­ful to me.

Pen­ny Arcade — Sportz

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This is sol­id. Which, you know, is what you ought to expect from D.A. Car­son.

You Asked: How Do We Know if God Is Dis­ci­plin­ing Us?

Easy, for­mu­la­ic answers to ques­tions of suf­fer­ing are invari­ably reduc­tion­is­tic — and they make bad the­ol­o­gy, too.Easy, for­mu­la­ic answers to ques­tions of suf­fer­ing are invari­ably reduc­tion­is­tic — and …

Rat — the voice of a gen­er­a­tion.

Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis, Jan­u­ary 17, 2013 Via @GoComics

At its heart, Pearls Before Swine is the com­ic strip tale of two friends: an arro­gant Rat who thinks he knows it all and a slow-wit­ted Pig who does­n’t know any bet­ter. Togeth­er, this pair offers caust…

Then my kids will receive excel­lent grades. 🙂

Don’t pay for all of your kids’ col­lege edu­ca­tion

…a new study…found that the more mon­ey (in total and as a share of total col­lege costs) that par­ents pro­vide for high­er edu­ca­tion, the low­er the grades their chil­dren earn. The find­ings — par­tic­u­lar­ly…

This sto­ry made me chor­tle —  Judge: “You took the Lord’s mon­ey.… ‘Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord,’ but every now and then I think the judi­cial sys­tem has to con­tribute what it can.”  

Supreme Court Denies Church Rob­bers’ Appeal of ‘Vengeance Is Mine’ Judge: Judge:

At Chris­tian­i­ty Today, we’re con­stant­ly track­ing impor­tant devel­op­ments in the church and the world. Often we use our net­work of reporters around the world (and for that, vis­it our main site). But we …

This is well-put. For pos­i­tive Chris­t­ian per­spec­tives on free mar­kets, google Robert Siri­co and Jay Richards.

Chief Rab­bi Sacks on Com­par­a­tive Advan­tage

In this short video, Jonathan Sacks, the Chief Rab­bi for the British Ortho­dox syn­a­gogues, explains how the “beau­ti­ful idea” of com­par­a­tive advan­tage pro­motes peace, coop­er­a­tion and tol­er­ance among all…