Free Memorial Day Lecture

The Teaching Company has a free lecture in honor of Memorial Day about Eisenhower and Operation Overlord.

Chumbawamba

I just accidentally downloaded Tubthumping by Chumbawamba on iTunes. Don’t ask.

Question About the Meaning of Life

How do we know the main road in life from a detour?
HT: The Right Questions.

The Betrayal of Judas

The Chronicle of Higher Education has an article detailing the origins and translation of the Lost Gospel of Judas organized by National Geographic. Some of the details of the story are hilarious. The article opens:

1987, 1991 Twins

I rented a DVD of the highlights of the ‘87 and ‘91 World Series and it took me back to a purer time when these guys ruled the world:

Out of the Mouth of H.L. Meinken Wannabes

In search of an eye witness account of the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial, the landmark intelligent design case whereby it was deemed unconstitutional to teach in public school, Matthew Chapman’s 40 Days and 40 Nights came up first in the public library search engine. The book was a quick and entertaining read that was full [...]

Libraries, Pro-Lifers, Abortion, Obama, Oh My!

This weekend I spent some time exploring the Minneapolis Public Library which I had not been to since it was renovated. It may have been an outlandish case of public spending, but after using its facilities I had to admit it was a real treat to visit. Amazingly, their DVD collection is shockingly small.

More Stuff on Science and Religion

The John Templeton Foundation website has an interesting feature call Big Questions that currently poses the question “Does science make belief in God obsolete?” Lots of interesting reading from sicentists and theologians who are considered to be the “Who’s Whos” of today’s debate. I am mostly in agreement with William Phillips.

Thank You Uncle Sam!

From my bank:
Deposit: US TREASUREY SERVICE: $600
Now I can keep myself warm. From the Onion:
HELENA, MT—Saying the extra bit of kindling material couldn’t have come at a better time, 43-year-old school teacher Tim Donaldson received his $618 rebate check from the Internal Revenue Service Tuesday, and then immediately burned it to provide warmth for [...]

Black Doll v. White Doll

Last night in my sociology class the professor referenced a famous study done by Kenneth Clark that observed the effects of racism on how black children play with dolls. The study was repeated by a high school student in a self-made documentary, and found similar results. It is truly eye-opening: