Quality interweb mischief from Jared Bridges
Lots of good things to read on the web this week, now that the major political events of the autumn are over. The fall issue of The New Pantagruel is out, as is the latest installment of Comment. Also be sure to check out The Matthew’s House Project, a new web-zine that “seeks to develop … Read more
As the Europeans still shake their heads at the blind stupidity of us backward redneck Americans who voted for Bush, Mark Steyn righty observes: And, if Americans do “hate abortion”, is [Mirror columnist Brian Reade] saying he loves it? It’s at least partially responsible for the collapsed birthrates of post-Christian Europe. However superior the EU … Read more
Vols 13, Irish 17 This one was a heartbreaker if there ever were one. Two weeks. Two quarterbacks. Two injuries. A tough Notre Dame defense made it impossible for the Vols to hold on to a first-half lead, despite a valiant (though inexperienced) effort by third-string Rick Clausen. Clausen did the best he could, and … Read more
If Iowa can take this long to count its votes, then I can certainly wait this long to weigh in on the 2004 election. Any of you who are familiar with my job will be happy to know that certain measures of support for President Bush are as strong or even stronger after the campaign. … Read more
Japus Gassalascus, the pseudonym for the author of The New Pantagruel’s blog The Japery, points to a startling article in Christianity Today entitled, “Why I Apologized to Planned Parenthood.” The article is by a woman who though she kept her child, disdained her pregnancy so much that she felt the need to apologize to Planned … Read more
I even went bipartisan and voted for one Democrat. He was the only person running for the position. It was my first time voting in Kentucky, but it didn’t take me long to get used to the “color in this circle” method (in Tennessee, we used machines). I didn’t feel disenfranchised at all. I’m one … Read more
Tomorrow is the day. It’s the day when politcos young and old, north and south will be biting their fingernails, doodling all day at work, and going to stand in a line that leads behind a curtain where they get to, at risk of sounding like an MTV ad, participate in something that is still … Read more
Just on the heels of discovering that there are Christians in the White House, The New York Times Magazine has now discovered that there are Christians in America’s workforce as well—and some of them actually own businesses. Apparently this bizzare religion is cropping up everywhere—Russell Shorto writes of the Christians-in-the-workplace phenomenon: One of the movement’s … Read more
Vols 43, Gamecocks 29 A rocky start that seems to be becoming a Tennessee tradition set the stage for a second-half Volunteer victory. While all the stats may show Erik Ainge as the hero, it was in fact the now-second string quarterback Brent Schaeffer, along with heroics by Cedric Houston that ignited the Tennessee offense … Read more
The new Nicole Kidman film, Birth, has audiences astir with ickiness. The film’s plot revolves around a 10 year-old boy who claims to be Kidman’s reincarnated dead husband. Naturally, Kidman’s character falls in love with the TEN YEAR-OLD BOY, and kisses him, has a bath with him, etc. Somehow this is supposed to be “high … Read more