Friday, June 29, 2007

Spin, by Robert Charles Wilson

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Spin , by Robert Charles Wilson , won the 2006 Hugo award for best science-fiction novel. If you want a summary of the plot, go here . I wi...
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Thursday, June 28, 2007

Immigration questions

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I give up. I was going to remain silent on this one, but I can't stand it. Today, the US Senate is to continue its debate on immigration...

Sunspots 114

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor: Jan has posted a list of classes that would really help ...
Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Robots and religion

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An article in something called "Sightings," from the Martin Marty School of Religion of the University of Chicago considers the q...
Sunday, June 24, 2007

Starting well, but not finishing well

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HON. You say right; and yet the generality of them, that count themselves pilgrims, do indeed do thus. I am, as you see, an old man, and ha...
Friday, June 22, 2007

An intelligently designed universe?

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A previous post , on Henrietta Swan Leavitt, mentioned the size of galaxies and the universe. I'd like to (excuse me!) expand on that a ...
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Thursday, June 21, 2007

Science is not morally neutral

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In an article in The New Atlantis , Yuval Levin argues that science is not a morally neutral enterprise. He writes that, on the contrary, ...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Sunspots 113

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: Article about the greatest experiments in science (mos...
Monday, June 18, 2007

The Thirteenth House by Sharon Shinn

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In The Thirteenth House , Sharon Shinn continues the series she began with Mystic and Rider . (I posted on that book quite a while ago, an...
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Sunday, June 17, 2007

Conquering at last

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Now I saw, that they went to the ascent that was a little way off, cast up to be a prospect for pilgrims (that was the place from whence Ch...
Saturday, June 16, 2007

Baskets in the Bible

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Baskets were important in Bible times, important enough that they occur in about 50 Bible verses. Here are some of those. (All references ar...
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Friday, June 15, 2007

The Fate of Mice, by Susan Palwick

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Susan Palwick (her blog is here ) is an excellent writer, and leads an interesting life. I recently read her short story collection, The Fa...
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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Be grateful: Topics I haven't considered

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Be grateful. This blog has had no posts, at least recently, about: Paris Hilton Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez Immigration legislation Am...
Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Sunspots 112

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor: A tongue-in-cheek attempt to include dinosaurs in childr...
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Sunday, June 10, 2007

A high view of the Bible

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PRUD. What do you think of the Bible? MATT. It is the holy Word of God. PRUD. Is there nothing written therein but what you understand? M...
Friday, June 08, 2007

Claw of the Conciliator on Elizabeth Moon

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I'm working toward doing a post on whether or not Elizabeth Moon's The Deed of Paksenarrion is a Christian novel (or three novels)....
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Thursday, June 07, 2007

Radioactive decay and young-earth creationism

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If you were given a bank account, which had had interest added to it for a number of years, and it was important to know how many years that...
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Sunspots 111

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor: Beautiful wedding gowns made from . . . toilet paper. Rea...
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Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Neil deGrasse Tyson on Intelligent Design

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Neil deGrasse Tyson, astronomer and author (His recent Death by Black Hole was number 96 in sales on February 25, 2007, according to Amazon...
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Monday, June 04, 2007

Paksenarrion and King Arthur

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2 Samuel 8:15 So David reigned over all Israel. And David administered justice and equity to all his people. ( ESV ) "We will be in th...