From: Bob Englehart | Englehart’s View: March 18, 2008 Englehart offers his own commentary. I don’t agree with most of it. He had a few choice lines, however. He, the cartoonist, is also UCC, like Obama. His description is classic. I’m UCC, a decent-sized rational department in the Christian corporation. […]
Discussion of GV’s latest work began on blogs yesterday. Out today (but actually dated “March 24, 2008”) Daniel J Harrington, SJ has a very professional review, “No Evidence?,” in America: The National Catholic Weekly. Obviously, as this review reveals, Vermes’ book is much more comprehensive than previous reviews and interviews […]
Driving home on Rt 22. Dark and late. # Mmmmm. Thank you Dunkin Donuts. # In a senate committee for an hour, one more to go but I teach at 10am. (Thank the Lawd!) # Woof – meeting this morning, left after 1.5 hrs to lecture on DSS, left after […]
His work will live on. Arthur C. Clarke, a writer whose seamless blend of scientific expertise and poetic imagination helped usher in the space age, died early Wednesday in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he had lived since 1956. He was 90. Rohan de Silva, an aide to Mr. Clarke, said […]
Paterson Discusses Past Extramarital Affairs – New York Times ALBANY – Less than 24 hours after he was sworn in to replace a governor who left office in disgrace because of a prostitution scandal, Gov. David A. Paterson admitted that he had had relationships with women other than his wife, […]
I should preface by saying that although Prof. Vermes had formally retired by the time I was doing graduate work at Oxford I had the great honor to attend seminars and sessions with him and to copy edit DJD vol. 26 which he wrote with Philip Alexander. I can only […]
From my SHC blog: The Centre Daily Times ran an article this morning about Dr. Bose’s speech. Meena Bose, a renowned scholar in presidential studies, is making no more predictions in this race for the White House. Political twists have already upended two of her best guesses — that Democrat […]
My wife’s patronus: a barista, “is that one or two shots of espresso Mr Dementor?” # @pvponline None! You deserve a weekend off for your bday! (We all do!) # In a meeting. We are recruiting a “public intellectual.” How can I get that on my business card? # My […]
Doug Chaplin has been considering switching from a PC to the Mac OS and asked about various programs on the Mac platform, in particular which word processor to use. Below is the comment I posted and I thought I would share it here as well. Nisus Writer Pro, without a […]
I have one of the old versions and I use it at home to extend my network (and connect iTunes to my stereo) and then take it on the road with me. It is perfect for hotels with a wired network connection (who often then charge for a wireless connection, […]