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July 29, 2010 — This afternoon here in NYC, a city bus rumbled past me with a huge poster on its side bearing a welcome and necessary message: “Muslims for Peace / Love for All / Hatred for None.” A Google search unearthed the fact that the campaign is...
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July 28, 2010 — Despite spending most of my childhood in a Commonwealth country with a relatively heavy BBC influence, I actually watched Dr. Who for only one season, when I was a very small boy. This delightful post reminds me of how cool the theme music was,...
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July 27, 2010 — In a fascinating essay over at First Things , R. R. Reno points out the serious negative consequences of the academy’s prizing – they might say “valorization” -- of skepticism and critical thinking. If your key goal is to avoid...
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July 26, 2010 — The redoubtable Mollie Hemingway asks me to make clear that the pastor I was talking about in a previous post is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), and that members of her denomination, the Missouri...
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July 26, 2010 — I received a splendid formulation of an important truth about American history: “[The] Protestant belief in the priesthood of the believer, our newly discovered privilege of having a personal relationship with Christ, raised the...
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July 26, 2010 — At Grace & St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Manhattan today, the pastor exhorted the congregation not to be afraid to ask for the intercession of the saints in Heaven. Luther himself was quite devoted to the Virgin Mary, but the abuse of the...
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July 25, 2010 — The percentage of films that genuinely repay attention is remarkably low, so I can’t believe I missed this one when it came out. Heaven , a 2002 movie starring Cate Blanchett and Giovanni Ribisi, is a lovely drama about a woman who,...
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July 13, 2010 — Thanks to all the readers who took the time to write in on roller derby! Thought I’d pass along a couple of favorites. From Flint, Mich.: I went to see the Flint City Derby Girls, and after some...
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July 12, 2010 — Some words of wisdom, from a reader: “To the pure, of course, all things are pure; one man’s innocent fun can sometimes be looked on by another man with only the most repulsive lasciviousness.†How true. If square dancing in...
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July 12, 2010 — Down the hall, most of my colleagues are conferring earnestly with a prominent conservative politician. I, on the other hand, have my nose to the grindstone, in my office, slaving away -- which is to say, more specifically, engaging in e-mail...
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July 11, 2010 — THE CONSERVATIVE REVIVAL, PART 43,899. At The Corner, Mike Potemra thinks he's seen another sign of American revival: I had no idea, until seeing this commercial, that there was a roller-derby league...
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July 10, 2010 — An interesting question, Dan, and one that provokes disagreement among our readers. From my in-box, there’s this: “Dude, you know that roller derby is now, in the ‘modern’ iteration, a big S&M, bondage themed...
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July 10, 2010 — A roller-derby star does a commercial for a breakfast cereal; the whole idea is so wholesomely retro it really ought to be in black & white. I had no idea, until seeing this commercial, that there was a roller-derby league centered in...
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July 09, 2010 — I don’t read too many books in the thriller genre, even though many cross my desk; flip-through-and-toss-out is usually how it goes. But The Cold Kiss , by John Rector, is a highly rewarding exception. This is one I just couldn’t...
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July 06, 2010 — It’s oppressively hot here in NYC -- a wonderful time to hide out in one’s frigidly air-conditioned igloo of an apartment. But kudos to the Providence Journal for today's headline: “Steamy Monday, and Tuesday will be...