Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters
The timing seems apt. John Derbyshire reviews Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters.
Posted on September 20th, 2006 by pwyll
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Florida Cracker reviews America Back on Track
I recently started reading the Florida Cracker. It features quirky humor, good writing, alligators, Duane Allman pics, and all kinds of stuff that reminds me of Florida, my real home no matter where I live.
Here’s a recent post that made me smile.
America Back On Track by Ted Kennedy
In his book, Mr. Kennedy expresses his view [...]
Posted on April 8th, 2006 by pwyll
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Stanislaw Lem, RIP
Polish author science-fiction writer Stanislaw Lem died Monday in his home city, Krakow. He was 84 years old.
I preferred his short stories to his novels. My favorite Lem story, The New Cosmogony, is found in A Perfect Vacuum. The story presents a startling theory concerning the universal silence, the total absence of signals indicating intelligent [...]
Posted on March 28th, 2006 by pwyll
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blogging has been light
I’ve started reading Universal Salvation?, edited by Parry and Partridge. I hope to post a brief review in a week or two.
I’ve also started learning to program in Common Lisp. One on the reasons I began this blog was to learn a bit about the technology that enables blogging. I have gotten a bunch of [...]
Posted on October 26th, 2005 by pwyll
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Two books by C. S. Lewis
I recently spoke with an old friend, and talk turned to books. My friend had read C. S. Lewis’ works of Christian apologetics, but not his two finest books (IMO), Till We Have Faces, and The Discarded Image.
Till We have Faces is a novel which retells the myth of Cupid and Psyche. Lewis believed [...]
Posted on October 22nd, 2005 by pwyll
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