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2011-02-25T05:30:57-05:00

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The Academy Awards

Last updated on: February 25, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Sunday is Oscar night, and for the first time in ever-so-long, I am up with quite a few of the movies that are up for awards. My recommendation and prediction: Give all of the major awards to The King’s Speech. If there are any statues left over, give them to True Grit. What films are you pulling for? Give your predictions of the winners. Oscar – The official 2011 site for the 83rd Academy Awards. Read more

2011-02-25T05:00:35-05:00

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The Libyan Revolution

Last updated on: February 25, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Muammar Gaddafi and his loyalists are holding onto Tripoli, as the rest of the country is joining with the mass uprising of the people. Gaddafi is attacking his citizens with tanks and from the air, but the populace has weapons too. Some army units have reportedly abandoned the dictator and have joined the popular revolt. Ordinary people have raided police stations and looted abandoned militia bases for weapons. Pitched battles are breaking out everywhere. An unconfirmed rumor that Gaddafi has... Read more

2011-02-24T06:00:32-05:00

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Girl-Boy Wrestling, pro and con

Last updated on: February 24, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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You’ve doubtless heard of the young man in Iowa who refused to wrestle a girl who was also competing in a championship wrestling tournament. Here are two takes on the matter. The first from Caryn Rivadeneira, writing at a Christianity Today site: When Joel refused to wrestle Cassy, he took an opportunity away from her. An opportunity for her to shine using her own God-given strength and ability. An opportunity to win or lose, fair and square. I don’t mean... Read more

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2011-02-24T05:30:47-05:00

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Conning the government

Last updated on: February 24, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Thanks to tODD for pointing me to this story: A onetime biomedical technician with a penchant for gambling, Mr.[Dennis] Montgomery is at the center of a tale that features terrorism scares, secret White House briefings, backing from prominent Republicans, backdoor deal-making and fantastic-sounding computer technology. Interviews with more than two dozen current and former officials and business associates and a review of documents show that Mr. Montgomery and his associates received more than $20 million in government contracts by claiming... Read more

2011-02-24T05:00:37-05:00

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When the government is unionized

Last updated on: February 24, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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So the largest trade union in the country these days is that of government workers. Does that strike you as odd? George Will, in the context of a column on what’s going on in Wisconsin, notes some paradoxes: Such unions are government organized as an interest group to lobby itself to do what it always wants to do anyway – grow. These unions use dues extracted from members to elect their members’ employers. And governments, not disciplined by the need... Read more

2011-02-23T06:00:38-05:00

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The White Rose

Last updated on: February 23, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Yesterday was the anniversary of the execution of three German university students, devout Christians, who spoke out against Hitler on the basis of their faith. In this account, contemplate their words that got them guillotined: On February 22, 1943, Sophie Scholl, her brother Hans, and Christoph Probst were executed by guillotine in Munich, Germany. Their crimes? Anonymously distributing leaflets criticizing the German government at the University of Munich. They were members of the White Rose, an underground student group that... Read more

2011-02-23T05:45:02-05:00

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Battle of the eighth graders

Last updated on: February 23, 2011 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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Webmonk alerted me to a post on Freakonomics about a test for eighth graders from 1895. The urban legend site Snopes labeled this as “False.” But the only false part of it seems to be the claim that it shows a decline in educational levels from then to now. The Snopes writer says that any test will look hard if you haven’t studied for it. But he doesn’t dispute that this is an actual test from 1895. In fact, here... Read more

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2011-02-23T05:00:44-05:00

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New Zealand earthquake

Last updated on: February 23, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Lest anyone assume that earthquakes only devastate poor Third World societies, consider what has happened in New Zealand: New Zealand’s prime minister says at least 65 people have died after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch. John Key said the toll was expected to rise further, adding: “We may be witnessing New Zealand’s darkest day.” The tremor caused widespread damage as it occurred at a shallow depth of 5km (3.1 miles) during lunchtime when Christchurch was at its busiest. The mayor... Read more

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2011-02-22T05:32:48-05:00

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Pro-abortionists seek new arguments

Last updated on: February 22, 2011 at 5:32 am By Gene Veith

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As evidence that pro-lifers are winning the arguments, consider how pro-death activist Frances Kissling is recognizing that her movement needs to make some adjustments: We can no longer pretend the fetus is invisible. We can no longer seek to banish the state from our lives, but rather need to engage its power to improve women’s lives. We must end the fiction that an abortion at 26 weeks is no different from one at six weeks. These are not compromises or... Read more

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2011-02-22T05:00:45-05:00

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The universe is big; the mind is bigger

Last updated on: February 22, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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A baby’s mind is bigger! So says David Brooks, citing a Caltech scientist, at the conclusion of a long, discursive essay in the New Yorker: We have a hundred billion neurons in the brain; infants create as many as 1.8 million neural connections per second; a mere sixty neurons are capable of making ten to the eighty-first possible connections, which is a number ten times as large as the number of particles in the observable universe; via What the science... Read more

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