Archive for the 'Culture' Category

Email in support of the pope

Monday, September 18th, 2006

Please send your letters of support to: benedictxvi-at-vatican.va
To the Holy Father,
Thank you for your courage in speaking forthrightly and for inviting members of the Islam faith to constructive engagement. I respect your right, and the right of all Christians to speak favorably about our religion and to invite others to peaceful and meaningful discussion [...]

Arrest in Ramsey case

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

After nearly a decade of lurid press, we find that evidently there really was an intruder responsible for the JonBenet Ramsey murder.

Second Life takes off as venue for live music

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Second Life is taking on a life of its own as a venue for live music. SL has long been a favorite of the online role-playing game groupies, but in the past year, it has blossomed into a diverse and vibrant mini-economy, and now, a home for music. Both stars, and rising stars feel [...]

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 [...]

Buoyed Hezbollah plans next move

Monday, August 14th, 2006

To the surprise of almost nobody, the Israeli-Hezbollah ceasefire amounts to a great victory for the terrorists. Few can remember Israel acting tepidly in war, but this instance they certainly have. Israel has left the Hezbollah militants feeling good, and acting as the superior armed force, even embarrassing and ridiculing the Lebanese army.
IT [...]