Quality interweb mischief from Jared Bridges
Saw the DVD To End All Wars this weekend. It’s based on the book Through the Valley of the Kwai by Ernest Gordon, and this film follows the book more closely than the classic The Bridge on the River Kwai of 1957. It’s a pretty heavy film, and if you’re averse realistic violence (think Mel … Read more
It looks like while I was away, Mac Swift responded on his blog to my post dealing with the unintended arrogance of Lone Ranger Christianity. As you may recall, I took to task Christians who decided they had no need for church, citing arrogance as one of the (often unintended) outcomes of such a view. … Read more
Back in Louisville now after vacationing a few days in the south of that southern penninsula of a state. My wife and I had a good, restful time in the area surrounding Naples, FL—as well as a good rest from blogging. I got to plunge headlong into David McCullough’s John Adams, which is just the … Read more
…is where I’ll be for the next few days. Time to read some books, kick back and catch some rays. Not too many rays, of course—it’s SPF 48 all the way for me this time. My last burning taught me a valuable lesson: God made me white in race, and I need not aspire to … Read more
I’ve now completed (for the most part) TruePravda’s migration to WordPress as its backbone content management system (CMS). I’ve formerly been using Movable Type, and though it’s been good, I think WordPress will be better. It took me a while to get everything transferred over, but it was actually kind of fun to learn a … Read more
Paul Johnson, Jr., kidnapped in Saudi Arabia by al-Qaida needs all our prayers right now. Stop what you’re doing and pray now.
Ideas are apparently a fashion faux pas these days, especially if you’re Theresa Heinz-Kerry. Recent statements reveal that anger is more important in determining Heinz-Kerry’s political stance: Teresa Heinz Kerry says anger, not ideology, prompted her to become a Democrat. The wife of Sen. John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, says her emotion stemmed … Read more
James Panero is blogging from St. Petersburg, Russia, where the sun is up most all the night during the “White Nights” of June. St. Petersburg is one of my favorite cities to visit–I’ve been there twice in the month of June, and it really is eeire to be walking around at midnight in natural light. … Read more
Victor Davis Hanson has a must-read piece on NRO today: Nearly three years after 9/11 we are in the strangest of all paradoxes: a war against fascists that we can easily win but are clearly not ready to fully wage. We have the best 500,000 soldiers in the history of civilization, a resolute president, and … Read more
…Makes a stop in Washington: I hope these folks get a lot of publicity. I hope people recognize them wherever they go. I hope they remember that only in America are they allowed to display such buffoonery.