“It is as though the gods that made the continents had a great deal of material left over and cast it helter-skelter into equatorial waters.” [1] So write Louis Fischer in…
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The appearance of God in Genesis is extremely difficult to comprehend. In the beginning God is just “the Word,” a notion, a concept [1]. Then he becomes sort of a personified…
What has come to be called the “culture war” in America probably had its origins in World War II. The Depression was over, the evil Axis (the old one)…
The point of all this torturing that Torquemada Cheney and his acolyte Little Georgie are so passionate about is supposed to be that the “intelligence” rendered from it will be…
Students from science teacher Evangeline Suggs’ class were given the assignment of going out and finding the best examples of the Lord’s “Intelligent Design.” The top three examples were:…
Every Veteran’s Day we are supposed to honor the men and women who fought and died for this country in past wars. It is natural to think of people…
The last time I saw Paris / Her heart was warm and gay I heard the laughter of her heart / In every street café Jerome Kern Forget…
Even though I have been a resident of California longer than I lived in New York, I have never quite felt like a San Diegan. Maybe the migrant always…
Like Whigs and Tories, No-Nothings and Free Silverites and other anachronisms it’s time for some more up-to-date and accurate rubrics for our political parties. I have a proposal, but, first,…
We are still in the Jurassic of brain research, at least compared with what we know about the rest of our physiology, of which there is also a great deal…