When I was a kid and until I got a “real” job, my life was ruled by the school season. My year started the first day of school and ended on the first day of summer. I lived in a place where school started in the autumn, so there were always plenty of leaves. My […]

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Andrew Sullivan often speaks my mind, except he does it with eloquence, conciseness, and good pay. Here are the highlights of his mini-analysis of Bush’s escalation speech:

Bush is committing more troops based on the idea that we are defending a democratic government from its terrorist attackers.
What he will actually do is deposit tens of […]

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I’d like to propose a different approach to the discussion of Bart Ehrman’s Misquoting Jesus (this came up in a conversation with Elise and John White last night–thanks y’all!). There are seven chapters (nine if you include the intro and conclusion). I suggest that we divvy these up between anyone willing to blog […]

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