Liberal Talk Radio

A friend of mine recently commented on the similarity between Bible study — specifically, the self-interpretive kind that leads people, for instance, to believe the Bible is pointing them to oil in Israel — and Star Wars fan fiction.
I’d like to do some kind of comparative study of this when I get a chance. [...]

As the Charlie Daniels Band sang:
The Devil went down to Georgia.
He was looking for some oil to steal.
Oops. Guess I forget exactly how the song goes.
P.S. Check out that Charlie Daniels Band website when you get a chance. Red White and Cheezy all over.

Regarding the recent US-Syria rift …
Headline in CNN:
Syria halts cooperation in war on terror
Headline in Al-Jazeera:
Syria stops military cooperation with U.S.
Subtle but crucial difference, eh? I’m always fascinated by how point of view can so dramatically influence opinion …

A couple of days ago, I wrote a quick review of The Metaphysical Club, a book that’s having a great impact on me.
Among many things, I was struck by a description of Justice Holmes’ “Reasonable Man” test. In short, this is a legal concept in tort cases, a “test” of whether or not a [...]

Found this link to a cafe press site in the new “ads” section.
Can anyone confirm if it’s legit or not?
P.S. Care to speculate on why the “Metaphysical Club” post got so many Bush links?

I finally finished The Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand (hey, it only took me a year … what can I say).
I have to congratulate myself for making the effort to plow through this excellent tale of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., John Dewey, and other great thinkers of the late 19th century.
The epilogue alone was worth [...]

Overheard in an airport last week, a a CNN newscast that could only have been written by David Spade:
“Scientists today announced they had successfully cloned a human … [cue music] USING EMBRYONIC STEMCELLS.”
It was 5:30 am CDT, I’d just gotten off the red-eye from Seattle, and I laughed out loud.
Forget for a second that the [...]

Sorry for the light posts today. Bit of a coding snafu going on here. Some folks are being affected, some not. I blame Microsoft and their non-standard implementation of HTML. It’s funny: most companies define “standard” as “specs we all agree on,” like when Sony, JVC, Phillips, etc. came together to [...]

If you have a chance, do read the profile on Rick Santorum in this sunday’s NYT Magazine. It’s refreshingly candid, and puts a human face on the guy the left likes to demonize.
I mean, I wouldn’t vote for the guy or anything, but still.
Update: In the interest of fairness, a rebuttal to the [...]

New Google Ads to the left. Hope you don’t mind.
Actually, though the revenue’s nice, I kind of like the ads because they keep us honest. If we get too many anti-Bush ads, the Google bots are telling me to maybe lay off a bit.