The horrible news of the events at VaTech are slowly emerging. Pray. May light perpetual shine upon them all.
Monthly Archives: April 2007
Last night was the panel discussion on climate change that I mentioned earlier. I think it went quite well. The podcast is below, so please listen for yourself! I made a few very brief remarks, the idea being to generate discussion rather than exhaustively present a particular view or argument. […]
A great cartoonist and a humble Christian died today. He was not without controversy and I didn’t always appreciate his style of humor, but he was an icon and his influence will be missed. ‘B.C.’ cartoonist Johnny Hart dies – CNN.com ALBANY, New York (AP) — Cartoonist Johnny Hart, whose […]
Well, it was really more of a glorified press release. The Centre Daily Times asked me to write up 600 words for today’s OpEd page and they ran it with a sidebar giving the details of the panel. There has been a small conversation about this panel over on the […]
A great strip from Scott Kurtz, PVP. (A reminder: the image will looked squished so just right-click [control-click] and select “view image” to see the comic in all its glory!)
I updated the blog template because of an issue with “permissions” (I could not create new categories, for example). Apparently when I did so I lost the ability to have the sidebars are either…side. So I hope you don’t mind the new look. I am not a fan, but I […]
According to Thorax of Brooke McEldowney’s 9 Chickweed Lane faith is “the unknowable promoted to the irrefutable” “doubt in exile” (my personal favorite) “the child’s comfort” “the fanatic’s trigger” Anyone recognize the piece being hummed/whistled by Thorax? (Is there a Google for musical notation?)
Reactions to the Fresh Air interview with Geneticist Francis Collins that I mentioned here. Genetics and Health » Geneticist Francis Collins on NPR Fresh Air Geneticist Francis Collins on NPR Fresh Air By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD | Related entries in General Genetics and Health, Genetics Interviews Dr. Francis Collins, […]
Over at Novum Testamentum Blog Brandon has done an outstanding job collating the Biblioblogging world’s latest thoughts and comments. And he even likes the name “Targuman!” Thanks Brandon. Novum Testamentum Blog A Weblog Dedicated to the New Testament and Cognate Fields 04.01.07 Biblical Studies Carnival XVI Posted in weblogs at […]
I just received this email on the Targum-L. I hadn’t thought to worry about this! So i am glad Paul did. Dear everyone heading to Lubljana for the IOTS or the IOSOT this summer, I have talked to the Slovenian embassy in Washington, and they inform me that citizens of […]