Very interesting piece, “Education is nowhere mentioned in the Constitution…. It embodies a faith in the capabilities of ordinary people that the Founders simply didn’t have.” And it isn’t in as bad a shape as some folks suggest. Or so says the author. A quick read that is well worth […]
Just a simple, quick question, right? I am teaching Gen. 1-3 this semester, just a 1-credit course, but needless to say full of discussion. (I have not even gotten to Day 6 yet and we are five weeks in.) During our discussion a few weeks ago the question of why […]
I was put on to this by The Unofficial Apple Weblog and will quote most of the story below. The gist is that National Association of Scholars felt that many of the books recommended for summer reading by colleges and universities just weren’t up to snuff. The result is their […]
Rosh Hashanah this year also happens to be the first day of a new year in my life (also known as my birthday). What better way for me to wish my Jewish friends a happy new year than to offer a cartoon.
That is the concluding line from this oped by Bonnie Erbe. I suspect she is enjoying a double entendre here as her article makes it clear that she finds religion useless at best and narcissistic at worst. She is reviewing the already-well-commented-upon Almost Christianity by Kenda Creasy Dean. I have […]
Jeremy has an excellent idea. Tweet straight from Jim West’s blog I already wrote about this over the weekend, but now I’m just having too much fun with it. Jim wrote another anti-twitter post this morning. So, I went over and tweeted his post directly from his own blog. I think it […]
Brooke Lester @AnummaBrooke shared this article via twitter (see Jim, it can be very useful, or at least as useful as a blog), Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits. The article summarizes several decades worth of research regarding how we learn and what ought to be understand as best […]
Well, not literally of course. You will not find a twitter account for the Zwingli hagiographer. But in making a parenthetical comment about the usefulness of twitter for sharing useful articles and information between colleagues it occurred to me that many of Jim’s posts likely fall within the 140 character […]
(Apparently these are hornets. As a Damascus High School graduate I feel I should have known that.) Psa. 118.12 They surrounded me like bees; they blazed like a fire of thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off! (Proving anyone can ignore context.) This Labor Day I […]
It is tough to admit it but I am no longer the “younger generation.” Sure I use twitter, facebook, and often have the gadgets. Folks are saying that twitter and facebook are really for the old folks anyway so maybe that isn’t a sign of my hipness. But when it […]