Bookmarks:
She actually said that? • “Third gender” in Thailand • Recent child abuse cases • Majority of public school children are now poor • The boy who didn’t come back from heaven • Judge Vetoes Parents’ Baby Name
* About Heather Cook
Related:
Bishop called 2010 DUI arrest ‘a major wake-up call’
TRANSCRIPT:
Heather Cook, an Episcopalian suffragan bishop in Maryland, has been in the news lately. A few weeks ago, she was involved in a vehicular homicide, and currently faces charges including vehicular manslaughter, driving while intoxicated, texting while driving, and leaving the scene of an accident.
o Job search update, 2015-02-02
APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED IN JANUARY 2015:
- Rite Aid — hourly positions
Most of my energy this month has gone toward advancing my career in radio. I produced the first six audition files and anticipate adding a new three-minute commentary each week. Next steps:
(1) Establish podcasts at soundcloud and iTunes;
(2) Start using an online sound editor for sound-on-sound applications, such as adding background music to existing voiceovers for the public service announcements for Amazing Grace Church;
(3) Become an actual, active participant in the world of Baltimore talk radio, by calling in to the talk shows myself!
* Franklin Graham, Charlie Hebdo and the “heckler’s veto”
The most recent terrorist threats we’ve seen have come not from Muslims overseas or Muslims in this country, but from Christians in this country.
On January 14, Duke University announced its plan to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer from the tower of its chapel every Friday. Franklin Graham posted on Facebook, requesting that donors withhold donations to the university it reversed that decision. A firestorm of controversy followed.
Continue reading * Franklin Graham, Charlie Hebdo and the “heckler’s veto”
* Learning curve
Cornel West channels Martin Luther King Jr. to criticize Obama
Friday 2014-12-26
Learning happiness can take you out of your comfort zone.
So, there can be a learning curve as one comes to tolerate and manage greater degrees of happiness and prosperity than one has been accustomed to.
Some time ago, this short, very thin Korean immigrant with shoulder-length gray hair began coming to the shelter. When he first came here, he was in bad shape; he appeared to have no resources at all.
* ‘Sasquatch Family’ Prank Leaves Arizona Officials Laughing
* Doubts about Brown v. Board
In the January 13, 2015 Washington Post, Valerie Strauss calls attention to an obscure Supreme Court case that she says may have a greater impact on the educational achievement of black children than any other case since the 1954 Brown v. Board decision.
She republishes a lengthy analysis of the situation by Richard Rothstein. She often republishes Richard Rothstein’s articles. As usual, Rothstein has assembled a mountain of data in support of his position; however, unfortunately, a mountain of data matters little if one’s premises are wrong.
* Scientists Discover Ancient ‘Magical’ Amulet With Odd Two-Way Inscription
Bookmarks:
Amulet • R.I.P. Andre Crouch • Schools should teach against date rape? • Individualization in the classroom • The One Universal Secret To A Lasting Marriage • When a loved one has mental illness • A genetic predictor of breast cancer
Continue reading * Scientists Discover Ancient ‘Magical’ Amulet With Odd Two-Way Inscription
* “We desperately need a war on Christmas lies.”
My second audition file. The sound quality isn’t perfect, but I adjudged not bad enough to prevent posting here.
TRANSCRIPT
December 2014 saw a splash of anti-Christian pieces in the media.
There was Kurt Eichenwald’s January 2 Newsweek cover story, which I need not respond to; an adequate response has already been made by Albert Mohler, M-O-H-L-E-R.
There is Steve Siebold’s December 24 HuffPost article, entitled, “Don’t Just Question the 10 Commandments; Question the Entire Bible.” I may respond to that at a later date.
And then there was Jeffrey Tayler’s December 22 Salon.com piece, entitled, “Let’s Make Bill O’Reilly’s Head Explode: We Desperately Need a War on Christmas Lies;” to which I will respond now.
Continue reading * “We desperately need a war on Christmas lies.”
* Bring back Saturnalia?
Saturday, I mean to publish a response to a recent Salon.com piece by Jeffrey Tayler disparaging Christmas.
In preparing that, I had to research Saturnalia, the ancient pagan festival that Christmas was meant to replace.
From my reading of the Wikipedia article, there’s a lot to be said for it.
Maybe we should bring it back!
Reblogged 2020-11-05.
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