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December 2012

December 20, 2012

Christmas Carol (VIII): Ignorance and Want

Christmas Carol has targets in mind and it isn't Ebenezer Scrooge. Charles Dickens is after Ignorance...

December 06, 2012

Guns, Football, and Fornication

The murder, abuse, and suicide of a NFL player has brought all kinds of emotions...

December 04, 2012

Hope and No Change

Recently, I have been asked why I do not just admit my "views" on any...

December 02, 2012

I don’t want to be a Misfit Toy

The Christmas classic Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer invents an Island of Misfit Toys. These rejects garner sympathy...

November 2012

November 17, 2012

Accounting for Time: I am too young.

When confronted with a life story to make an argument it helps if the life...

November 13, 2012

In Which I get a Life

Moans about the election from the conservative community are understandable. Losing stings, but for me...

November 12, 2012

Red Poppy

May the just warriors be happy today and may the saints amongst the soldiers rejoice...

September 2012

September 19, 2012

Mrs. Jesus says, “Romney cannot win.”

Yesterday, two news stories broke. Both were important, but both immediately generate buzz that suggested...

August 2012

August 29, 2012

Corporate Wife

Juan Williams said Ann Romney looked like a "corporate wife." Evidently this is a person...

August 22, 2012

Here I Don’t Stand

This I do not believe, God help me, I just cannot. The wonderful world of...

July 2012

July 11, 2012

Birdemic: I feel Shock and Terror

Last night I rested from sanity and watched Birdemic: Shock and Terror. That the film...

July 09, 2012

Halo is better than most work?

When I am sad, I often read Sherlock Holmes: lots of Sherlock Holmes. Victoria and...

July 07, 2012

Lincoln: Vampire Slayer

If Lincoln killed vampires, he would be no greater than Lincoln was. Lincoln died making...

July 06, 2012

On School Supplies

In my childhood school supplies required no batteries, but did leave a boy armed and...

June 2012

June 15, 2012

Thinking Christianly on Illegal Aliens

From my London window, I see the problem of a border out of control and...

June 14, 2012

Where are you Juliet?

Verona is Juliet's home in my mind. Romeo is there too, but Juliet! It is...

June 11, 2012

A Problem Like Maria

My greatest crimes against high culture are plain to all: Diet Coke, Disneyland, Packer football,...

June 09, 2012

True Love and Mozart

The Abduction from the Seraglio is Mozart's message to America in the person of Constanze....

June 07, 2012

On the Magic Flute

Magic Flute is mad beauty, but so beautiful that beauty is almost enough. The story...

June 05, 2012

And so it goes. . .

And so it goes. If a person or idea dies in Slaughterhouse Five, the Ecclesiastes...

June 03, 2012

Pergamum in Berlin

Go to Turkey and visit Pergamum, on the cities mentioned by Saint John in Revelation,...

June 02, 2012

Love Finds A Way: On the Marriage of Figaro

Bugs Bunny by way of Chuck Jones will be my first thought if you tell...

May 2012

May 29, 2012

War is Evil, but Necessary

Christianity is not a warrior religion, unless a person is God or the Holy Angels....