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Rowan Williams, Again
Via Andrew Sullivan, I see England’s Archbishop of Canterbury is at it again: If religion is pushed into private spaces, as increasingly it tends to be by our public discourse, we lose one of the most emotionally and imaginatively resourceful … Continue reading
When Imperatives Collide
From the intriguing new website Big Questions Online here is a thought-provoking piece by Susan Jacoby. In this extract she sets the stage: My mother, at 89, lives with a sound mind in a failing and frail body. She has … Continue reading
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The Shaman of Sullivan Street
Via the New York Times: Sometime around 9:30 a.m. on weekdays, Itzhak Beery enters a second-floor office in Greenwich Village to preside over his piece of the material world. It is an advertising agency, the latest he has owned in … Continue reading
When liberals pray
Opponents of Arizona’s new immigration law have been praying for its reversal in court. The Wall Street Journal today has a photo of parishioners sitting outdoors on folding chairs at a prayer session for the demise of the law, which … Continue reading
G.O.D. Is Great
I am reading Andy Ross’s new book with pleasure & instruction. It’s better put together than Mindworlds & has less the feel of a core dump. (That expression dates me as an old mainframe-head … but then, so’s Andy.) The … Continue reading
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Glenn Beck’s faith
I thought I had mistakenly tuned in to one of Southern California’s Christian radio stations last week when I heard a talk show host first issue the usual right-wing boilerplate about Obama allying with the U.S.’s enemies, and then follow-up … Continue reading
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Riot power, contd.
As word spread throughout Oakland around 2:30 p.m. that a verdict had been reached in the Johannes Mehserle murder trial, the downtown streets suddenly flooded with workers rushing out of their workplaces to go home. The normally placid lanes were … Continue reading
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Riot power
I was in San Francisco last week researching an article; the most striking feature of my trip was the extent to which the San Francisco Police Department is consumed, to the point of an almost paralyzing obsession, with the possible … Continue reading
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Horoscopes. Why?
Via Andrew Sullivan, here’s an interesting piece on why people fall for horoscopes. The need to find patterns (and thus ‘meaning’) is nothing new, but I was intrigued by this: The tendency to believe vague statements designed to appeal to … Continue reading
Happy Independence Day!
Somewhat on the subject, my thoughts (from 2000) on that most questionable film, The Patriot, can be found here. In the meantime, enjoy this great day.