Monthly Archives: April 2014

Ayaan Hirsi Ali unbound

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Wordsson

The disgusting spectacle of the craven university administration at Brandeis illustrates deep corruption where there should be a source of human flourishing. Yet perhaps as a result more people than ever will be made aware of the significant work of Ayaan Hirsi … Continue reading →

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on riding season

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Wordsson

We had a nice stretch of weather a few weeks ago, and I managed to get a few bicycle rides in, about 50 miles total over the week. It was a good warm-up, though it also was a pretty good … Continue reading →

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on topics for debate

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Wordsson

This is a seriously good plea for meaningful discussion of important topics at the heart of so much discord in our society. It would be nice to be able to weigh the issues and discuss the reasons for each point … Continue reading →

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on taxing dissent

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Wordsson

Very thoughtful, and thought-provoking, analysis of the attitude toward religious conscience exemplified in recent policy proposals. The Road to Progressive Dhimmitude

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on stewarding creation

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Wordsson

I’m pretty sure there’s a lot more to the role of humans on earth than cleaning up their backyards, although there is something to that phrase, “clean up your own backyard.” Anyway, there’s nothing like Spring winds and a healthy … Continue reading →

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Quote of the day

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Wordsson

“The removal of Eich is about fascism.  It’s about one group of people forcing everyone else to bow to their hat on a pole; it s about book burning, compelling obeisance to, as Jame Surowiecki put it, “a universal ideology” … Continue reading →

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update on fitness journey

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Wordsson

Every long journey starts with a single step, so the saying goes, but the rest of the image has to be the thousands of small steps, one after the other, following that first one. Those are just as necessary, and … Continue reading →

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on Rebecca Black’s “Friday”

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Wordsson

For whatever reason, someone on YouTube has posted the video of Rebecca Black and her song “Friday” from a few years ago, and one of my former students on Facebook linked it. Which gave me a good reason to revisit one … Continue reading →

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on intellectual approaches

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Wordsson

I went to see “God’s Not Dead” this week with some guys from church. To be honest, you couldn’t have crawled under my expectations for it. So it exceeded my expectations, which is always nice, but the bar was low. … Continue reading →

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on new directions

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Wordsson

I’ve seen some suggestions that 13 weeks is a good time period for working on new personal projects. Roughly three months, 25% of a year. Makes sense. Work on something for 13 weeks, see how it goes, start another, adjust, … Continue reading →

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