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Other Russian Cults

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

It’s not only Putin-as-Paul. The Daily Telegraph has the details of some other modern Russian cults (with Rasputin thrown in for historical flavor, although he was tamer than some). There are reportedly as many as 700 sects active in the … Continue reading →

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Paul into Putin

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the Daily Telegraph: Vladimir Putin has become the object of veneration for a bizarre Russian all-female sect whose followers believe that the tough-talking prime minister is a reincarnation of the early Christian missionary Paul the Apostle. Members of the … Continue reading →

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What price social engineering?

Posted on May 14, 2011 by David Hume

Obama to Deliver Commencement at Memphis H.S.: The school edged out hundreds of applicants in the Race to the Top Commencement Competition, an annual contest aligned with the president’s education initiative that rewards schools for “promoting college and career readiness.” … Continue reading →

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Go Denmark!

Posted on May 13, 2011 by David Hume

Denmark Reintroduces Border Controls: Under pressure from a growing nationalist movement, the government in Denmark on Thursday reintroduced stringent checks on its borders with Germany and Sweden, dealing a major setback to one of the European Union’s most popular and … Continue reading →

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This Seems Vaguely Familiar

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the The New York Jewish week: [A]n Ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish newspaper, Der Tzitung, has determined that the photo of top U.S. leaders receiving an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden was too scandalous. What was so offensive … Continue reading →

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Too much of a good thing

Posted on May 7, 2011 by David Hume

There was a time when a modicum of corpulence was a signifier of a life relative leisure and comfort. Not so in our day and age. Rather, in the United States and many other nations corpulence is a signifier of … Continue reading →

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Meaning

Posted on May 5, 2011 by David Hume

The last post: Here it is. I’m dead, and this is my last post to my blog. In advance, I asked that once my body finally shut down from the punishments of my cancer, then my family and friends publish … Continue reading →

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Atheist Padres?

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: I’ve long suspected that, for some, atheism (as opposed, say, to agnosticism or simple indifference) has many of the characteristics of religious faith, so here (via the New York Times) is just a bit more confirmation: … Continue reading →

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Christopher Hitchens & the KJV (2)

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

More from that article by Mr. Hitchens on the KJV: A culture that does not possess this common store of image and allegory will be a perilously thin one. To seek restlessly to update it or make it “relevant” is … Continue reading →

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Christopher Hitchens & the KJV

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via Vanity Fair, here’s a fine account from Christopher Hitchens of the—King James Version—greatest of all the English translations of the Bible. As always with Mr. Hitchens, there’s room for a good anecdote: After she was elected the first female … Continue reading →

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