From The Logic and Rhetoric of Constitutional Law by Thomas Reed Powell

My title is a theft from Charles A. Beard's brilliant essay in the New Republic on "Political Science in the Crucible." And what I shall say about it is doubtless the fruit of similar larceny from other thinkers. For most of us who labor in the vineyard of learning originate ( Read more... )

This morning, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life (pewforum.org) released its "U.S. Religious Landscape Survey" for 2008. While AP's insights to the study focused mostly on bigger issues (their headline for the story is "Many in U.S. Drop Their Childhood Religion - Survey: Nearly Half of U.S. Adults Left Faith They Grew Up With," without ( Read more... )

I’m not sure if the following is a statement of ignorance, the state of our inter-religious understand, a combination of the two, or none of the above. All I know is that upon overhearing this conversation, I was taken back a bit ( Read more... )

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I have started posting to a new blog. It's called "Da Lifnei Mi Atah Omed" (Know before whom you stand, a newish mantra for song leading) and I write as the Song Leading Blogger. While I will still post some personal updates here, I will post there more often.

Here's the first entry from the new blog to give you an idea of what it's about:

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Wolf Blitzer's interview with David Duke, former grand wizard of the KKK and a speaker at Iran's "Oh, the Halocaust didn't really happen...it was just, ya know, a big cover-up for global warming" from Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006 ( Read more... )

I'm taking a poll, 'cause I'm curious for the feedback (not that I'm a comment whore ( Read more... )

Just amazing.

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        It's that time of year again. In Jewish youth work, there is a unspoken code of traditions: if it's been around one year, it's a normal tradition; if it's been around two years, it's always happened; if it's been around three years, it was basically written at Sinai. Well, now, I guess this tradition was brought down with the tablets. ( Read more... )