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Monthly Archives: April 2010
April 30, 2010
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Going To Jersualem
As many of you have noticed, the last couple of days have seen some slow blogging. This is partly because the term paper grading season is upon us and I have been spending my spare time blighting the hopes and … Continue reading
April 27, 2010
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Europe in Crisis
The latest sickening bout of stock market turbulence underlines the point I made on this blog last December; the next stage of the global economic crisis is centered in Greece. That’s an unpleasant reality for our European friends who have … Continue reading
April 25, 2010
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Faith Matters: A Family Wedding
The normal routines of life ground to a halt yesterday for the Mead clan; my father’s older brother got married yesterday to the woman he loves. The wedding was held at the Washington National Cathedral; the bride has worked as … Continue reading
April 24, 2010
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Literary Saturday: Ancient Epics
Last week I started the daunting project of developing a lifetime reading list with some ancient historians. This week it’s time for ancient epics: the four great narrative poems of classical civilization that have echoed down the ages. My list … Continue reading
April 22, 2010
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The “Zionist Hindu Crusader” Alliance Marches On
Documents captured from radicals and terrorists in Pakistan warn darkly about a new axis of evil in the world: a ‘Zionist Hindu Crusader‘ alliance bringing Israel, India, and the United States together in a war on Islam. They are wrong … Continue reading
April 21, 2010
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Go Home, Mae West
“I used to be Snow White,” Mae West famously said, “but I drifted.” Power has been drifting toward Washington and the federal government in the American political system; it needs to start drifting back home to the states and to … Continue reading
April 20, 2010
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A Great Read On Middle East Peace
Aaron David Miller is one of the world’s leading authorities on the Israeli-Palestine conflict. He’s been at the heart of American negotiations on the issue for many years; few people can match his detailed knowledge of the ins and outs … Continue reading
April 18, 2010
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Faith Matters: Where Did The Mainline Go Wrong?
I’ve written in some of my past posts about the problems faced by mainline churches, concentrating especially on the denomination to which I belong: the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. Torn by bitter internal strife, its membership is … Continue reading
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Literary Saturday: The Foundations of a Lifetime Reading List
Since I spend more time reading than just about anything else (although lately blogging and grading papers seem to be giving books a run for the money) it’s hard to step back and think about which books really matter. Perhaps … Continue reading
April 17, 2010
April 15, 2010
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Roll On, Columbia
The world is still arguing about what was or what was not accomplished at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington this week. But one thing should be clear: for better or for worse, the United States remains the world’s leading … Continue reading
April 14, 2010
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Apples of Discord
As the 47 world leaders prepared to return home from the Washington ‘loose nukes’ summit, there were two leading schools of thought about what it accomplished. One, exemplified by Joseph Cirincione at The Daily Beast, hailed the summit as the … Continue reading
April 12, 2010
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The Guns of the Civil War Still Echo In Our Heads
It was 149 years ago today that deeply misguided Confederate hotheads rejoiced as they began the bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor. The Confederate cabinet in Montgomery had determined on the attack, overriding the prescient advice of Secretary of … Continue reading
April 11, 2010
April 10, 2010
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Literary Saturday: Lifetime Reading List
Last week I wrote about the standpoint, the place from which you look out on the world. I described my own standpoint, growing up in the American south, the outskirts of London and a New England boarding school (or, as … Continue reading
Comment Policy
Some months ago, I wrote about Milton’s Areopagitica: “Where there is much desire to learn,” wrote Milton, “there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.” For … Continue reading →