Friday, March 7, 2003Book Review:Holy Blood, Holy GrailThe authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail assert in this volume that they found a connection between the Merovingian bloodline - apparently the source bloodline for several historic European royal families - and Jesus Christ Himself. Furthermore, they assert that in order to make this even minimally... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 9:40 PM Comments (0) (link) Book Review: Codependent No MoreMelody Beattie is herself codependent. At the time she wrote this book, she was just recently divorced from her alcoholic ex-husband, raising a boy and a girl and on welfare. She wrote Codependent No More as a way of helping others in circumstances similar to hers, so that they might cope more... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 9:30 PM Comments (0) (link) Book review: The Gnostic GospelsElaine Pagels is a professor of religion at an Ivy League university. The Gnostic Gospels is her first publication for a popular audience, to my knowledge. At this point, it is necessary for me to admit something. I had never heard of the subject of The Gnostic Gospels before I bought this book at... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 8:55 PM Comments (0) (link) Book review: The least-great story ever soldI bought this book at a Chicago-area Borders, thinking I'd actually learn something. Instead, I felt a degree of frustration I can't express. The author of this book doesn't know the meaning of the phrase "academic rigor" or "proper research." In browsing through her bibliography, I noted that mixed... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 7:41 AM Comments (0) (link) Net-censoring software ought to be bannedThis, to me, is the worst thing in the world schools and communities at large can do for kids. Why? I feel kids get cheated out of legitimate research opportunities just because we are afraid of being offended. Let us suppose that my daughter wishes to go to the local public library to research... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 7:25 AM Comments (0) (link) |
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