[Link] In Today’s World, the Well-Rested Lose Respect
The ever-shifting Sandman: NPR takes a look at how in today’s world, the well-rested lose respect
[Link] Bobby Fischer, Chess Master, Dies at 64
End game: Chess king Bobby Fischer, who later in life took a dive off the intellectual deep end, is dead.
[Link] The Lost Archive: the quest for a critical edition of the Quran
The Lost Archive: Missing for a half century, a cache of photos spurs sensitive research on Islam’s holy text. A fascinating look at the quest for a critical edition of the Quran
[Link] Jesus and Politics: An Election Primer
From biblical scholar Andreas Köstenberger: Jesus and Politics: An Election Primer
Note to famous geographer: people aren’t cattle
University of California geography professor Jared Diamond — of Guns, Germs and Steel fame — opines in today’s New York Times about world consumption factors. These are measures of “the average rates at which people consume resources like oil and metals, and produce wastes like plastics and greenhouse gases.” Diamond observes the great chasm in … Read more
We don’t need no stinkin’ Badgers
Vols 21, Badgers 17 A mediocre game filled with mediocre moments and mediocre play was enough for Tennessee to defeat the Wisconsin in a mostly mediocre bowl game. With most of its offensive coaches in a lame duck session (David Cutcliffe, Trooper Taylor, and others are all departing for more senior positions), the Vols did … Read more
Best of 2007
Continuing the tradition this blog from 2004, 2005, and 2006, I give you my best from the seventh year of this millennium: Best Novel (read in 2007): Walker Percy’s The Second Coming. As I’ve described him before, Percy is like Dostoevsky with wit. The Second Coming is a novel about a rich, middle-aged man (who … Read more
Reading the greatest book ever written in a year’s time
Every other year, I read through the entire Bible. In 1996, I decided that if the Bible was indeed the word of God, it might be helpful to read all the words that God gave to us. It was one of the better decisions I’ve made in my life. The first time I did it, … Read more
2007 in places
With a new baby and an in-town move limiting my 2007 movements to a more local sphere, I slept in fewer cities this year than any in recent history: Kingsport, TN Tupelo, MS Washington, DC Woodbridge, VA cf. 2005, 2006.
[Link] Ken Myers on the Incarnation
Ken Myers of Mars Hill Audio Journal offers some profound reflections on the Incarnation (PDF).