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Yikes. I love me some Craig Keener — but 2.5 million words on Acts?
Keener on Acts of the Apostles
Of the making of commentaries on biblical writings, there is much, increasingly so (it seems) in recent decades, often in various series, each with its own intended focus, readership, and approach.……
The chart at the end is awesome.
Are psychopaths more likely to become criminals… or CEOs?
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Truth.
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I’ve got nothing against Apple, It’s its fan club I can’t stand.
Mampires. Heh.
Throughout evolutionary history, most adult homo sapiens could not drink milk. Even today, most adults cannot drink milk. Adults who cannot drink milk don’t seem to lose very much, particularly as the…
I really like Ross Douthat. He says the things I think, but he says them very articulately and from a prominent platform.
The Press and Abortion, Revisited
Richard Mourdock and the media’s blinders on abortion.
This seems basically correct to me.
What are the four things that kill relationships?
John Gottman can listen to a couple for 5 minutes and determine, with 91% accuracy, whether they’ll divorce. He was featured in Malcolm Gladwell’s book Blink. Gottman’s researched marriage for over 40…
I love kids.
Why do kids cover their eyes when they’re hiding?
Children often close or cover their eyes to hide, and researchers at the University of Cambridge wanted to find out why. Click thr
What a stunning example of media bias. As far as I can tell, it is completely unconscious. I believe the first way to frame the story never even crossed the mind of the reporter or the editor.
MSM’s upside-down Chick-fil‑A sandwich
Chick-fil‑A has something not all that surprising to crow about. Consumer use, visits and ad awareness were all up measurably in the third quarter, at a time the chicken chain enjoyed a remarkable out…
This is a helpful insight.
Children & Dogs: More on Mark 7:24–30
One further observation about the little scene between Jesus and the Syro-Phoenician woman in Mark 7:24–30 is that the initial response ascribed to Jesus is not a derogatory reference to the woman,.…..
Huh.
Here is a new paper by Suzanne O’Keefe and Ta-Chen Wang: We study salaries of economics faculty at the University of California to determine how publications affect salary. We find that each publicati…