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2011-12-15T05:30:41-05:00

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The end of the malls?

Last updated on: December 15, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Yes, the shopping malls are packed this time of year. But hardly any are being built any more. And many of the existing malls are being demolished. The concept of the vast enclosed shopping space surrounded by a vast parking lot seems to be fading. In its place is the “town center,” the shopping area that is pedestrian friendly, open to the sky, and that combines shops, restaurants, movie theaters, and places to live. Architect Roger K. Lewis gives a... Read more

2011-12-14T06:00:57-05:00

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Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose

Last updated on: December 14, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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I stumbled upon this post by Westminster professor Carl Trueman from way back in 2007: Listening to Janis Joplin the other day, I was struck by two things. First, my eleven year old son (who had never, to my knowledge, heard Joplin) commented as he heard the first bars of `Me and Bobby McGee’ that he didn’t know I had a Joplin album. To recognise the voice like that at 11 must make him a blues-rock prodigy. Second, I suddenly realised why... Read more

2011-12-14T05:45:03-05:00

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Land rush for domain names

Last updated on: December 14, 2011 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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A host of new domain names are going up on the internet, with unintended consequences: There’s been a scramble to snap up domain names for the Internet’s newest designation — .xxx — but not necessarily from those you’d expect. Adult sites have reserved their spot in the newly labeled section of the Web, but so have companies, charities, celebrities and politicians. Try “barackobama.xxx,” “angelinajolie.xxx” or “redcross.xxx” and you’ll find yourself faced with a black screen with gray type stating: “This... Read more

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2011-12-14T05:30:48-05:00

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Supremes to consider Arizona’s immigration law

Last updated on: December 14, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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The Supreme Court will rule on whether or not the federal government can overrule Arizona’s strict immigration laws. This is only one of some big cases the Supremes have taken on: The Supreme Court on Monday intervened in another high-profile case testing the authority of the federal government, saying it will review Arizona’s crackdown on illegal immigrants, which inspired similar state efforts across the country. Next month, the court will hear an emergency appeal from Texas that questions the role... Read more

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2011-12-13T06:00:57-05:00

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How about Ron Paul, after all?

Last updated on: December 13, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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With one after another Republican presidential candidates rising to the top, then flaming out, it is time to seriously consider Ron Paul. He’s libertarian, but he’s also pro-life, a devout Christian by all accounts (raised Lutheran, no less, in the ELCA, but now Baptist–from an LCMS point of view, is it better to be a liberal Lutheran or a conservative Baptist?). Anyway, he is anti-war (conservatives now taking the lead in that department). No one doubts his commitment to small... Read more

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2011-12-13T05:30:01-05:00

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Can Science explain everything?

Last updated on: December 13, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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From David Wheeler at the Chronicle of Higher Education blog: There’s a new bully on the intellectual block, shoving scholars around. Lots of them are caving into the threats. The bully’s name is “scientism,” the belief that science has a monopoly on all real knowledge. All other knowledge, scientism asserts, is simply opinion, irrationality, or utter nonsense. That was the perspective Ian Hutchinson, professor of nuclear science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, offered at an event titled... Read more

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2011-12-12T06:00:22-05:00

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“And with your spirit”

Last updated on: December 12, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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The Roman Catholic Church has changed the liturgical response to the greeting, “The Lord be with you” back to “And with your spirit.” This is a change from the more modern liturgies that had switched to the more colloquial “And also with you.” The more modern Lutheran liturgies of the 1980s made the same change, though users of the older services–as well as Divine Service 3 of the new Lutheran Service Book–continued to say “And with your spirit.” My question... Read more

2011-12-12T05:45:55-05:00

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Don’t cheat. Don’t even try it.

Last updated on: December 12, 2011 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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Here is a great, eloquent, and right-on discussion of academic dishonesty, in which a professor, who blogs as “Tenured Radical,” imagines what she would say to her college-aged child on the subject, if she had one. I offer it as a celebration of Finals Week, which students and us professors are celebrating (if you can call it that) this week. A sample, though you should read the whole post (if you can handle some vulgar language): Tenured Radical and the... Read more

2011-12-12T05:30:12-05:00

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It’s all true about Gingrich

Last updated on: December 12, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Peggy Noonan has a good column about the promise and perils of Newt Gingrich: I had a friend once who amused herself thinking up bumper stickers for states. The one she made up for California was brilliant. “California: It’s All True.” It is so vast and sprawling a place, so rich and various, that whatever you’ve heard about its wildness, weirdness and wonders, it’s true. That’s the problem with Newt Gingrich: It’s all true. It’s part of the reason so... Read more

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2011-12-09T06:00:30-05:00

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Christian groups aren’t allowed to require Christianity

Last updated on: December 9, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Vanderbilt’s ruling that campus Christian groups may not require their leaders to be Christians would seem to violate every canon of reason, let alone the freedom of religion. This happened awhile ago, but I noticed something about the story. Consider this account: Is Vanderbilt University flirting with the suppression of religion? Yes, according to Carol Swain, a professor at Vanderbilt’s Law School. Specifically, Swain is referring to four Christian student groups being placed on “provisional status” after a university review... Read more

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