Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Somebody just tweeted a link to an amazing article about the personal life of early 20th century poet and playwright W.H. Auden. Auden was a practicing Christian. This article describes just how seriously he took Christ’s command not to do … Continue reading →

In the past couple of months, some American women whose names I don’t remember have called on all American women to wear headscarves in public to show support for and solidarity with Muslim women in America. That call has led … Continue reading →

“We don’t want to eat. We do not want your food or your aid supplies. We want to break the siege. There is nothing here anymore!” On the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, yet more testimony that the human … Continue reading →

I’ve been too busy elsewhere to blog here much, but did not want to let the story of Ladar Levison and his secure email service Lavabit go unremarked. Edward Snowden isn’t the only good guy who refuses to let an … Continue reading →

I had planned to wait to post about Edward Snowden, because my feelings about him and what he exposed are too strong at the moment. I don’t want to talk rationally. I want to scream: not at Snowden, but at … Continue reading →

After a young man who reportedly had autism spectrum disorder (Asperger’s Syndrome) and a personality disorder shot his mother and a Connecticut school full of five-to-ten year old children, their teachers and their principle, voices are being heard all over … Continue reading →

On February 11, a man who by all accounts was a giant of the Christian faith died: John Sperry, Anglican Bishop of the Arctic and author of a wonderful memoir titled Igloo Dwellers Were My Church. Bishop Sperry moved to … Continue reading →

The rewrite from Gehenna is DONEDONEDONE! Or close enough. :-) I can now come up for air, and start blogging again. :-)

After a false start yesterday that was scrubbed because of bad weather at launch time in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the U.S. Air Force X-37B was successfully launched today.