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Quote of the Day -- W. E. B. DuBois

Within the race itself today there are disquieting signs. The effort of Negroes to become Americans of equal status with other Americans is leading them to a state of mind by which they not only accept what is good i…
Back To School and Other Stuff

I transferred to a new school this semester. Classes started last week. On Tuesday I only had time to attend classes and get a temporary parking permit, which took just long enough for me to completely miss Barack Obama'…
Quote of the Day -- big crimes and little ones

"Oh, certainly," said Ahmed. "Nothing unites people like a good war." How could you deal with someone who thought like that? Vimes asked himself. A mere murderer, well, you had a whole range of options. He could…
Angry as Usual

The other day I discovered that John Piper has gone and made explicit his view that it is inappropriate for a women to run for the office of President or Vice President. This is consistent with ideas of his I'd seen quot…
The Four Noble Truths: Fundamentals of the Buddhist Teachings

I checked out this little book because, although I've of course heard before of the Four Noble Truths and the Buddhist path to enlightenment, I felt like I didn't have a grasp on what they actually mean to their adherent…
Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas

Not an all-out review, but I thought I might provide some of the more interesting quotes from each book as I read it. This one, despite its title, is less about Thomas than about pre-Nicene Christianity as a whole, and …
Jackpot!

Friday morning I went with my sisters to the library in the next town over. I came back with: The IVP Atlas of Bible History Classical Thought, by Terence Irwin Oriental Philosophies, John M. Koller The Four Noble Truth…
Way to sum it up . . .

An acquaintance posted the link on Facebook to this series of books by Mark Driscoll. It quite amused me to see the images chosen to represent each topic: The titles from left to right are: On the Old Testament On th…
Quote of the Day - Lewis on when to study

There are always plenty of rivals to our work. We are always falling in love or quarreling, looking for jobs or fearing to lose them, getting ill and recovering, following public affairs. If we let ourselves, we shall…
I was bored this morning . . .

Having woken up at what for me is unusually early in the morning, I was wandering around bored and decided to pick up an Elisabeth Elliot book just for fun. However, I didn't even get as far as the introduction before st…