Quality interweb mischief from Jared Bridges
After watching President Bush’s press conference tonight, I have increasingly less faith in what our country’s journalism schools are turning out. Are the people chosen to ask questions of the POTUS really the best that the news agencies have to offer? I, for one, am not a believer in the old adage that “the only … Read more
While I was visiting family back home in Northeast Tennessee this weekend, I was surprised to learn that the new Tennessee Lottery has made some rather dubious inroads. Even though I was pre-warned of the fact, I was still shocked to see a large Tennessee Lottery sign hanging on the side of the Goodwill Industries … Read more
Take a look at this photo essay by Elena, a Ukrainian motorcyclist who has a disturbingly eerie photo essay of Chernobyl on her website. Elena traveled through the deserted areas to show a modern-day Pompeii. [hat tip SimpleBits] The Chernobyl explosions and subsequent meltdown happened 18 years ago this month. I remember watching the news … Read more
The vanquishment of death through suffering: But the LORD was pleased To crush Him, putting Him to grief; If He would render Himself as a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, And the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. As a result of the anguish … Read more
I am not a good chess player. The fact that I’m still unable to beat my father after 15 years of playing attests to this fact. Still, I love the game because it gets my mind churning in a way that is both fun and challenging. Chess is also fun to ponder about from time … Read more
Here are a few of my pet peeves from recent consumer experiences: Burger King. Shame on you for taking away you Sourdough Breakfast Sandwich. It was good and innovative, and not too scary like those McGriddle things. Even more shame on you for leaving them up on your 2’x2′ photo menu, long after they’ve been … Read more
A common caricature of the evangelical Christian is that of a poorly-educated, narrow-minded buffoon who just isn’t clued in enough to understand the greater meaning of things in the world. After all, who with any intellect at all would believe in such outmoded things as absolute truth, creationism, and the inerrancy of Scripture? Clifford Orwin, … Read more
ABC continues its facsination with the historical Jesus tonight with “Jesus and Paul: The Word and the Witness,” and as Matt Hall rightly observes, the list of scholars for the show is lacking. This doesn’t come as surprise that ABC would get the usual suspects to debunk traditional understandings—every show they do seems to have … Read more
Deanna Laney, who murdered two of her sons in the front yard and left the youngest maimed in a crib, was acquitted today by a Texas court. The court found that she did not know right from wrong when committing the act, thereby meeting the Texas definition of insanity. Texas law apparently does not know … Read more
Bill Wallo has good post on the sometimes conflicting virtues of truth and justice in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Wallo touches on how sometimes Holmes would sacrifice justice for getting to the truth, showing how this compares with our modern day conflicts of the virtues in things like illegal seraches and seizures. I began reading … Read more