“. . . remember the poor . . .” from Galatians 2: Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem . . . when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter . . . and when James, Cephas, […]
Good enough for government work and science – part 03
Science is not perfect. It is a system of approximations. People involved in science keep trying various explanations for what they observe until they find an explanation that makes sense out of what they are seeing. But, the process goes farther than simply observation into the areas of math, cosmology, and even metaphysics. Many observations […]
Good enough for government work and science – part 02
Science is actually about approximations. You might ask, “approximations to what?” Science is about approximations to truth. What do I mean approximations to truth? Well, science is the search for explanations which explain what we see, or, at least, that is how it started. How do we explain the motion of the stars? How do […]
Good enough for government work and science – part 01
Have you ever heard the phrase, “good enough for government work?” Generally, it is used to speak in a negative way about a task that has been accomplished. But, really, good enough for government work is the way in which many things actually work in real life. What do I mean? Have you read the […]
The fight for the soul of conservatism
This will be my last post on this small series that has developed on various types of conservatives. As you notice, I have posted both from the Crunchy Cons and from David Frum of the American Enterprise Institute and his interview by CNN. But, let me now quote directly from the FrumForum, a conservative forum […]
My, how our thinking has changed!
The article below is a reprint from a post by David Frum, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Though the post is on the current climate debate crisis, read it carefully. The point he is making is actually significantly more important than just the climate debate. They key phrase is, “It used to […]
Daily Show on Denialism
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Michael Specter www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis In the USA we have been going through many years of illogical thinking that is completely unrelated to political leanings. The common denominator is not politics, or education, or socio-economic level, or […]
On decisions and memories
We have a tendency, when we talk about decisions, to talk mostly about bad decisions and mistaken decisions. Rarely do we talk about good decisions. And, even more rarely do we talk about good decisions that are very difficult to make. What do I mean by good, but incredibly difficult decisions? Yesterday, I was talking […]
New granddaughter
Here is the photograph of our youngest granddaughter, Rachel Aufhammer. Ahh, you may very well not see either I or Father Orthoduck posting for a day or two. GRIN. We are off to hug a baby, a mama, and a papa!!! Well, the papa may have some reservations about hugging, but I am sure that […]
On honor among soldiers
Bad news for some of you. We are taking a one day break from Nixon and China. [Somehow I doubt that it is bad news for many of you.] I saw a show last night that portrayed a reality that many non-soldiers have trouble understanding. The show portrayed an encounter between an American veteran of […]
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