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Saturday, April 28, 2007

Drop in at Corbin's for some relaxation...

I know the world has important things on its mind, such as the question of whether Obama is black enough for Blacks and white enough for Whites, whether Hillary is a walking pant suit or a pant suit pretending to be Hillary, and whether George Bush can pronounce onomatopoeia. But occasionally people... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Islamism in our High Schools...?

As most of my readers know, I regard the Islamist phenomenon a problem. But I also regard it as one of the most interesting socio-cultural phenomena of our day. As a result, I see myself getting drawn more and more into a study of the complexities involved, which may well find its reflection in this... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

An Open Letter to Shadow-pen

Shadow-pen, You recently posted a comment in Part X of my ‘The Bible and The Koran’ series, which I found interesting. It was actually addressed to Wiley, but since it was part of a ‘discussion’ you had with him on my blog, I take the liberty of treating it as something addressed to me as well. You... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 15, 2007

Read Corbin's Post!

Those few that have been reading me know this is my serious offering. They also know that I have another side, which comes out in the other two blogs. I get tired of being serious, and I had planned to write something for ‘Thoughts’. (I don’t know why ‘View’ ended up being the blog for serious... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 12, 2007

The Bible and the Koran, Part XII (Final Part)

We have come to the end of this series, and for me at least it has been an extremely interesting journey. Reading the Koran was definitely enlightening. Many of you will know that I had been concerned with the phenomenon of Islamo-fascism for a long time, but it troubled me that, in a sense, I did... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 9, 2007

The Bible and the Koran, Part XI

Those who have followed me so far will realize that I have left the scriptures behind some time ago. However, I am retaining the title of this series to the end, since there is, after all, an inner connection between those writings and the events of the day. That is particularly true for the Koran.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 31, 2007

The Bible and the Koran, Part X

I think it is difficult for Europeans, and especially for North Americans, to fully comprehend the power and ‘centrality’ of the Greco-Roman culture which has dominated Europe and much of the world for the last two-thousand years. Its force does not reside merely in the more obvious aspects of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 26, 2007

The Bible and the Koran, Part IX

Until now… those were the words I used to end Part VIII of this series. I used them deliberately since the time has come to step into the ‘here and now’, into the present whose events prompted my reading of the Koran in the first place. ‘Until now’... suggests the persistence of something, but also... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 22, 2007

The Bible and the Koran, Part VIII

There is an air of melancholy about late Antiquity. The gods were uncomfortable in an age that saw the beginnings of science and a flowering of philosophy, that is to say the search for worldly wisdom. In the fourth century B.C., Socrates could still say, ‘Dear Pan, and all ye other gods that dwell... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

The Bible and the Koran, Part VII

As I am heading into the home stretch of this series, several things occur to me that must be addressed. In retrospect, I realize that the title was far too immodest and grandiose, though I shall stay with it to maintain continuity. Not only is this not a comparison between the Bible and the Koran,... Sign in to see full entry.

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