February 2012
17 posts
“And when asked if he was a fan of the sport, he mentioned that “I have some...”
– Mitt Romney: he just can’t help it.
Santorum Makes Case for Religion in Public Sphere - NYTimes.com
Kickstarter Expects to Provide More Funding Than... →
discoverynews:
wow. social media ftw
I don’t know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy about humans, but depressed about America’s political climate and our low view of the arts, as a state/people.
File Under: The kind of Catholicism I can get... →
h/t James Matichuk, for this article. But h/t Lizzy Carley, for my previous awareness of Fr. Greg Boyle.
WatchGuys, this is my very talented and very lovely friend Ahna, and she is making an album for her Integrative Project in the Arts and Theology program, at Regent. Check it, and help her out, if you are so inclined!
(via Help Ahna Phillips Make a CD! by Ahna Phillips — Kickstarter)
Scandal May End Rise of Bo Xilai, Party Official... →
This is an important story that you are probably not following. At issue are the power plays going on as the new standing committee is formed, and the different “models” represented by the players involved. Bo Xilai is the star and major proponent of the “Chongqing model,” which seeks a return to more traditional communist policies. This obviously comes up against the...
“Mr. Xi acknowledged the broad list of economic concerns he had heard throughout...”
– China’s Vice President, Xi Jinping, Opens U.S. Tour - NYTimes.com
Very ballsy, Mr. Xi
“Mr. Biden spoke in blunt terms when he delivered a speech at the start of the...”
– China’s Vice President, Xi Jinping, Opens U.S. Tour - NYTimes.com
There is some comment/joke/column to be constructed, here, over the fact that Xi Jinping and Obama and Biden hung out on Valentine’s Day. It kind of reminds me of this video.
“Regent Bookstore is a culture, not just a bookstore, and may well be the best...”
– Jesus Creed » Regent College
Scot McKnight praises my school’s bookstore—deservedly so!
“But we should be careful about what we wish for. For all of the West’s contempt...”
– Is China Ripe for a Revolution? - NYTimes.com
I think this guy is very prescient and insightful, though his conclusions are a bit alarming.
So excited for his new book on the Taiping Rebellion!
“I make no apologies for the apparent subject matter,” Mr. Hockney wrote, of...”
– Dog Art at Metropolitan Museum and Morgan Library - NYTimes.com
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
“Certainly, some guys are still threatened by a woman’s achievements. But scaring...”
– Marriage Suits Educated Women - NYTimes.com
“Is this really the fate facing educated heterosexual women: either no marriage...”
– Marriage Suits Educated Women - NYTimes.com
love this (despite being divorced/single)!
“An Asian-American Christian? What’s that?
Many in this country have probably...”
– The Knicks’ Jeremy Lin — Faith, Pride and Points - NYTimes.com
“Murray’s story contradicts the ideologies of both parties. Republicans claim...”
– The Great Divorce - NYTimes.com