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2010-12-16T05:00:03-05:00

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How words are invented

Last updated on: December 16, 2010 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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We had an interesting discussion about the post a few days ago about how the blind Puritan poet John Milton contributed more new words to the English language than anyone else. Some people asked questions along the line of “how come he can make up new words and I can’t?” Or “how come he can use words as different parts of speech and my mean old English teacher marked me down every time I tried it?” It was also observed... Read more

2010-12-15T06:00:29-05:00

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Raising children so they will go to church as adults

Last updated on: December 15, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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This has been out for awhile, but I just came across it in the course of some research. Basically, if fathers go to church, their children will when they grow up. If fathers don’t, even if the mothers do, the children won’t. In 1994 the Swiss carried out an extra survey that the researchers for our masters in Europe (I write from England) were happy to record. The question was asked to determine whether a person’s religion carried through to... Read more

2010-12-15T05:30:57-05:00

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Laws that expire

Last updated on: December 15, 2010 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Philip K. Howard argues that many of our national problems are the result of too many laws, which go back for generations and that gum up our ability to respond to current conditions. He argues that we need a “sunset provision” that makes all laws expire eventually, requiring that the legislature periodically revisit them: Once a law is in place in the United States, it’s almost impossible to dislodge. Our political class assumes that, after a law is forged in... Read more

2010-12-14T06:00:38-05:00

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Court strikes down Obamacare

Last updated on: December 14, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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A federal judge ruled that the government cannot compel citizens to buy a particular product, striking down the key feature of the health care reform bill, which forces everyone to buy insurance. The Obama administration’s requirement that most citizens maintain minimum health coverage as part of a broad overhaul of the industry is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled, striking down the linchpin of the plan. U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson in Richmond, Virginia, today said that the requirement in President... Read more

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2010-12-14T05:15:32-05:00

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Materialism as myth

Last updated on: December 14, 2010 at 5:15 am By Gene Veith

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Joe Carter renders materialistic cosmology as a creation myth. Here is the first part, but you should read it all: In the beginning was Nothing, and Nothing created Everything. When Nothing decided to create Everything, she filled a tiny dot with Time, Chance, and Everything and had it expand. The expansion spread Everything into Everywhere carrying Time and Chance with it to keep it company. The three stretched out together leaving bits of themselves wherever they went. One of those... Read more

2010-12-14T05:00:01-05:00

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Milton the wordmaker

Last updated on: December 14, 2010 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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I did not know this about John Milton, one of my favorite authors. The 17th century blind Puritan poetic genius contributed more new words to the English language than anyone else: According to Gavin Alexander, lecturer in English at Cambridge university and fellow of Milton’s alma mater, Christ’s College, who has trawled the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) for evidence, Milton is responsible for introducing some 630 words to the English language, making him the country’s greatest neologist, ahead of Ben... Read more

2010-12-13T06:00:06-05:00

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The greatest & the least in the Kingdom of Heaven

Last updated on: December 13, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Yet another good sermon from our Pastor Douthwaite, preaching from Matthew 11: So hear what Jesus has to say to you, in answer to your questions: “Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.” What does this mean? There is no question that John was great. He was the last and greatest Old... Read more

2010-12-13T05:46:37-05:00

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My thoughts on Dawn Treader

Last updated on: December 13, 2010 at 5:46 am By Gene Veith

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I understand why some filmmakers make changes when they make a movie out of a novel. The two art forms are different. The movie version of Voyage of the Dawn Treader added some plot elements–the green mist, the seven swords–but, as my wife said, they sort of served the larger story, tying together an episodic plot that works better in print than on the screen. The movie nailed the characters, though, especially Lucy, along with a Reepicheep wonderfully voiced by... Read more

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

2010-12-13T05:00:23-05:00

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We have no cynicism

Last updated on: December 13, 2010 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Kathleen Parker, writing about diplomatic fallout from the Wikileak documents, includes a poignant reaction: Writing for the center-right Le Figaro, French journalist Renaud Girard said: “What is most fascinating is that we see no cynicism in U.S. diplomacy. They really believe in human rights in Africa and China and Russia and Asia. They really believe in democracy and human rights.” Yes, we really do. If Americans are guilty of anything, he said, it is being a little naive. Let’s plead... Read more

2010-12-10T10:08:14-05:00

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Dawn Treader launches

Last updated on: December 10, 2010 at 10:08 am By Gene Veith

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I was greatly disappointed with the movie version of Prince Caspian, and I feared the treatment of Voyage of the Dawn Treader would be more of the same, playing down the Christian themes in favor of Hollywood blockbuster cliches. I had heard from people who might know that Dawn Treader would go in that direction, despite the disappointing box office performance of Prince Caspian. That movie caused Disney to dump the franchise, but Dawn Treader was picked up by Fox. ... Read more

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