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July 25, 2013
King George VII
The royal baby has been named: George Alexander Louis. If all goes well for the young tyke, he will someday become King George VII. His parents went with a very traditional name for an English monarch. I was wondering if we would have something more modern. King Dylan. King Aidan. King Todd. After the jump, [Read More...]
July 24, 2013
Books on Faith and Work
The doctrine of vocation, though neglected for a long time, is coming back in force. Though “vocation” refers to God’s various callings in which we are to love and serve our neighbors and goes far beyond a “job,” it does include what we do to make a living. Quite a few books have come out [Read More...]
Great Britain to battle internet porn
Yes, England and other European countries are more secularized than the United States. And yet those countries may be more willing to pursue moral legislation than we are. Great Britain is about to launch a major assault on online pornography. From Cameron cracks down on ‘corroding influence’ of online pornography | Technology | The Guardian: [Read More...]
June 27, 2013
Bono talks about his faith
Bono, the lead singer for U2, did a radio interview with Jim Daly of Focus on the Family. He gets really explicit about his Christian faith. Note especially what he says about Jesus. From Christianity Today: 1) On both losing their mothers while they were still children: Bono: I don’t have a lot of memories [...]
Green lawmaking by executive order
President Obama, being unable to get his environmental and anti-global warming agenda through Congress, has announced that he will impose it by executive order. After all, the bureaucracies and regulatory agencies of the Executive branch have become the nation’s de facto lawmakers anyway. So why do we need Congress when the president can rule by [...]
Other consequences of the gay marriage rulings
The Supreme Court rulings supporting gay marriage have other consequences. According to Thomas Peters, “these decisions today constitute a huge threat to our democratic process.” From Thomas Peters, More Than Marriage Is at Stake Now | National Review Online: The Proposition 8 ruling is the most disturbing. Though the Court chose not to rule on [...]
June 26, 2013
Supreme Court rules in favor of gay marriage
The Supreme Court ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act, defining marriage for the purposes of the federal government as being between a man and a woman, is unconstitutional. The court also let stand, on what seem to be narrow grounds, a lower court ruling that threw out as unconstitutional the California referendum in which [...]
Atheists who pray
As many as 6% of atheists pray, as many non-believers seek the benefits of religion without, you know, believing in it. Michelle Boorstein of the Washington Post talks to some of them. From the Washington Post: Each morning and night, Sigfried Gold drops to his knees on the beige carpeting of his bedroom, lowers his [...]
Universities partnering with dictators
That blind Chinese dissident who was under house arrest for opposing forced abortion and escaped to the United States was given an academic appointment at New York University. But it’s being pulled now, some say because the university wants to open a satellite campus in China. Jackson Diehl tells of other major universities that seem [...]
Why naked mole rats don’t get cancer
A couple of years ago, I wrote a post in praise of the naked mole rat, an exceedingly odd little creature with seemingly super powers when it comes to health and longevity. Well, scientists have recently discovered why these things don’t get cancer, something that could lead to treatments in human beings. From Ars Technica: [...]
