I wish I could say I don’t believe this is true, but it seems so very much in character.
(CNSNews.com) - The antipathy that congressional Democrats have today toward President George W. Bush is reminiscent of their distrust of President Ronald Reagan during the Cold War, a political science professor says.
“We see some of the same [...]
Posted on October 20th, 2006 by pwyll
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At the start of Bob Dylan’s career, he looked, sounded and played like Woody Guthrie. Fact is, nobody ever made Pete Seeger madder than Dylan going electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Many argue, whatever the reasons for Seeger’s reaction, that Dylan’s going electric was part of his way of saying to [...]
Posted on October 19th, 2006 by Paco Malo
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Words of wisdom via Lambda the Ultimate:
Here’s the condensed LtU guide to the static types vs dynamic types debate:
Haskell-vs-Scheme is an issue on which reasonable people differ.
Ruby-vs-Java is an issue on which unreasonable people differ.
Everything else is details.
Posted on October 17th, 2006 by pwyll
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This (via Classical Values) captures perfectly my feelings about the November elections. Except that I have never voted for a Democrat.
There are a lot of opinions, but nearly everyone is talking about the Republicans’ impending defeat. And almost everyone (including me) is disgusted with the Republicans.
The truth is, I can’t remember a time when I [...]
Posted on October 17th, 2006 by pwyll
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I recently commented on the relationship of God’s omniscience to human free will. Francis Porretto of Eternity Road was kind enough to reply; here is part of what he said:
God created Time. He stands outside it. Indeed, only He knows it for what it really is. We humans cannot, at least while we’re on this [...]
Posted on October 11th, 2006 by pwyll
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