Just back from SBL and getting ready to be descended upon by 10 relatives, but I caught this in the Penn State Newswire. How would have thought that engaging in excessive use of alcohol could effect your grades?
College students who engage in binge drinking tend to earn lower grades than students who don’t abuse alcohol, according [...]
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No duh: Drinking doesn’t help with studies
British child trade
No, it is not illegal, that is the problem. As Australia apologizes today for its part in receiving up to 150,000 children from Britain, children who were “taken from single mothers and impoverished families in Britain,” as migrant workers Britain is doing it again. Similar practices continue to exist in Britain and there are calls [...]
The NCHC conference heats up!
This is more excitement than I really need. The situation is this, I was immersed in researching for my paper on Ezra-Nehemiah for SBL (ok, napping) when I heard all these firetrucks and sirens. Well, it is DC a big city with a lot going on in it. Then I realize I smell acrid smoke. [...]
Must we always forgive? Must they repent?
I am in Princeton for a couple of days and quite busy, so just a brief post. Driving down late last night I was listening to this past week’s BBC Broadcasting House, a weekly news summary. The first 20 minutes are fascinating reflections by victims of past terrorist attacks, the 1984 Brighton Hotel bombing by the [...]
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Why I love England
For stories like this. Two drunk thugs thought they would attack what they thought were two transvestites. Oops. Best part of the story? The couture commentary.
Dean Gardener, 19, and Jason Fender, 22, singled out the two men walking along a street in wigs, short skirts and high heels.
Bare-chested Gardener was caught on CCTV confronting one [...]
