Archive for August 15th, 2006

Interview with Benjamin Netanyahu

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

Powerline participated in an interview with the once and future (hopefully) Prime Minister of Israel. Clearly he “gets” how far his country has sunk and the difficult task that now remains for Israel to do.
The proper division of labor for dealing with the threat is as follows: Israel should dismantle Hezbollah and the U.S. [...]

The Physics of Resurrection

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

First Things — never a publication to shy away from tough issues — has a commentary on the physics of the resurrection. Stephen Barr holds that it’s a tough problem, even for God.
…the resurrection of the body involves “God’s reassembling at least some of the numerically same particles that once were in our living [...]

Good outsells bad

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

First Things has praise for “The Incredibles”.
Incredible as it might seem, the Disney studios are to be congratulated for their moral rectitude. Allow me to explain. Having finally succumbed to renting the DVD of the animated feature film The Incredibles, I was stunned at how good it was. I don’t mean good in the technical [...]

“Green Helmet” admits to staging photos

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

The Green Helmet man, now known as Salem Daher, has admitted staging photos for propaganda purposes in Lebanon. He’s not apologetic however:
“I did hold the baby up, but I was saying ‘look at who the Israelis are killing. They are children,’” Daher said. “These are not fighters. They have no guns. They are children, civilians [...]

Take a bite of equine dentistry

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

A fast growing field of horse specialization is equine dentistry. As unlikely as it sounds, many horse related illnesses can be traced to bad teeth. And bad teeth lead to bad nutrition which leads to bad feelings in the horse.
While Carl Stuckey’s left hand wrestled with a flopping pink tongue the size and [...]

A tribute to black horsemen

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

The Philadelphia Inquirer published a really well written article and book review today, about a little known part of the horse industry and horse history — Black Horsemen.
For a 10-year-old boy, spending a weekend in the company of men - expert horse trainers - working side-by-side, listening to their conversations, and sharing their equine [...]