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2011-12-01T05:30:11-05:00

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iPhones are pro-life

Last updated on: December 1, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Indignant complaints about Siri, the virtual personal assistant on the new iPhones, which will give you information about just about everything, but not where you can get an abortion: If you ask Siri for an abortion clinic in New York City, it will tell you “Sorry, I couldn’t find any abortion clinics.” A simple Google web search—which Siri itself uses to find results—gives you seven to start with, some within walking distance of where I’m located. • If you ask... Read more

2011-11-30T06:00:19-05:00

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The Elf who stole Christmas

Last updated on: November 30, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Far more subversive to the true meaning of Christmas than the secularizers is the “naughty or nice” legalism of “Elf on the Shelf”: Who can resist the holiday fun of scaring the children into good behavior? Ask any of history’s most efficient dictators — they’ll tell you. Christmas just isn’t Christmas without the naughty-nice punishment paradigm. Where would this holiday be without its good old-fashioned behavioral paranoia? Charles Dickens may get all the credit for this, but do also consider... Read more

2011-11-30T05:45:10-05:00

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Does America need to defend everybody?

Last updated on: November 30, 2011 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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Frank Sonnek, frequent commenter on this blog, has found some interesting data and raises some interesting questions about our defense budget: our military spending exceeds ALL global military spending if you don’t count china, which spends about 15% of what we spend. some analyses relate military spending to GDP, but I am not sure what the relevance of doing that is, as opposed to absolute spending. let’s say we cut our military spending to be maybe 1/2 of the next top... Read more

2011-11-30T05:30:28-05:00

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The end of the Euro?

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

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The European economy is in a state of crisis, to the point that some people are thinking that the Euro, the pan-European currency (except for the British pound a few others), may be finished. Some businesses are planning what to do if the Euro ceases to exist: International companies are preparing contingency plans for a possible break-up of the eurozone, according to interviews with dozens of multinational executives. Concerned that Europe’s political leaders are failing to control the spreading sovereign... Read more

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2011-11-29T06:00:08-05:00

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Courthouse Christmas displays gone mad

Last updated on: November 29, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Christmas time is here, so it must be time for controversies over Christmas displays at the county courthouse. Every year we have one here in Loudon County, Virginia. Having a Nativity Scene, including one that had been donated by a local family and that had become a tradition, would seem to violate the separation of church and state. Even Christmas trees have a Christian association. So surely if the courthouse displays Christian symbols, it would be appropriate to display a... Read more

separation of church and state

2011-11-29T05:45:01-05:00

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Replicating a Stradivarius

Last updated on: November 29, 2011 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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How’s this for a use of technology? A Stradivarius violin has been “recreated” using an X-ray scanner normally used to detect cancers and injuries, according to researchers. The US-based group used a computerised axial tomography (CAT) scanner on the 307-year-old instrument to reveal its secrets. They then used the data recovered to build “nearly exact copies”. The team said the technique could be used to give musicians access to rare musical equipment. . . . Scans of the older instruments... Read more

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Stradivarius violins

2011-11-29T05:29:36-05:00

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Cain’s non-denial denial

Last updated on: November 29, 2011 at 5:29 am By Gene Veith

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Here is Herman Cain’s initial statement about an Atlanta woman’s contention that she has had an ongoing affair with him: “Mr. Cain has been informed today that your television station plans to broadcast a story this evening in which a female will make an accusation that she engaged in a 13-year long physical relationship with Mr. Cain. This is not an accusation of harassment in the workplace – this is not an accusation of an assault – which are subject... Read more

2011-11-28T06:00:59-05:00

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Living in two times

Last updated on: November 28, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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The post about “Happy New Year,” referring to the beginning of Advent and asking about why the last days of the church year aren’t really noted, made me realize that the church year is not supposed to cover everything. Christians are under two calendars, just as they live their lives in two times. There is the secular calendar, the time of the world, that progresses from season to season, along with its distinct cultural and national holidays, such as in... Read more

2011-11-28T05:45:22-05:00

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The megachurch bubble?

Last updated on: November 28, 2011 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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There was the dot.com bubble and, more recently, the real estate bubble, markets that grew and grew until they they burst. Some experts are saying that we may be in for a megachurch bubble: In the 1970s, only a handful of churches drew more than 2,000 people on Sundays. Now they number in the thousands. But the collapse of the Crystal Cathedral near Los Angeles, which is being sold to pay off more than $40 million in debt, has prompted... Read more

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Megachurches

2011-11-28T05:00:01-05:00

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Pakistan erupts against U.S.A.

Last updated on: November 28, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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NATO planes bombed a Pakistani military base, killing 24 soldiers. (Afghans claim that the Pakistanis were firing on them as they patrolled with NATO troops.) So the country is refusing to allow allied convoys into Afghanistan and the people are rioting. Hundreds of enraged Pakistanis took to the streets across the country Sunday, burning an effigy of President Barack Obama and setting fire to US flags after 24 soldiers died in NATO air strikes. The rallies were organised by opposition... Read more

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