Quality interweb mischief from Jared Bridges
Jared Bridges Given the price of gasoline these days, driving at high speeds on a Sunday afternoon is out of the question. But thanks to the wonders of YouTube, we can all live vicariously. First, the greatest movie car chase of all time, from the 1968 film Bullitt. Steve McQueen, in his 1968 390 CID V8 Ford … Read more
Justin Taylor interviews Peter Gentry on the Septuagint, one of the kindest and most brilliant professors I ever had.
In the most recent issue of the Mars Hill Audio Journal, Ken Myers spoke with Eugene Peterson on the place of reading in the spiritual lives of Christians. They reference a brilliant poem by Emily Dickinson from which Peterson takes the title of his upcoming book, Tell it Slant. Here’s the poem: Tell all the … Read more
This American Life’s Ira Glass on storytelling: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
The Family Falls Flat: Matt Hall reviews Jeff Sharlet’s new book on the D.C. — based Fellowship Foundation.
It’s a good question — one posed by Ron H. in his comment on my recent “Darwinism and good” post: What can adequately explain why something is or isn’t good? Equivalently: What is good? For many (in practice this is most, I imagine), something is good if it turns out the way a person wishes. … Read more
I’m now back from travels to the hinterlands of Tennessee, where I saw — among other things — Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. As someone who has long considered Raiders and Last Crusade two of my favorite movies, I’ve looked forward to the next Indy sequel ever since the rumors started … Read more
Indiana Jones and the Rip-offs of Doom: My favorite of these was the “Tales of the Golden Monkey” TV show.
The other night, during a television commercial break, something strange caught my eye in a trailer for the new movie The Incredible Hulk: It didn’t strike me until 10 seconds into the next commercial. Quick rewind (this is the stuff DVRs are made for!). Yes it’s just as I thought: Notice the dire warning box … Read more
I saw last week about half a minute of VH1’s documentary “Sex: The Revolution”, which seemed to relish in the notion that the “advances” in sexual behavior that occur today were brought about by the libidinous free-wheeling of the 60’s and 70’s. Off with the old American puritanism, it seemed to say. Last week, I … Read more