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A theological objection to Krugman’s coinage of “economic purgatory”.
Archive for the ‘Religion’ Category
July 30th, 2009
Tisha B’Av — a commemoration of ancient Israel’s destruction and a warning of its future collapse.
July 19th, 2009
Marx’s slogan “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his need!”, ironical or not, describes the contradiction of welfare economics not a scheme of economic organization, and should be dropped as the definition of communism.
May 23rd, 2009
Some positive thought therapy is harmless and maybe builds social capital of affection and community. Surely it’s good for me to concentrate on the welfare of someone else even if the magic mystery ray doesn’t actually transmit; if the patient is present, I can’t imagine that the zillion subconscious signals we are so good at [...]
May 23rd, 2009
Category: Religion
No-much as we wish they would.
NPR may be the best thing going in serious journalism these days. So why is it running magical-thinking stories about the healing power of spirituality?
April 12th, 2009
Category: Religion
It’s not actually about Peeps and chocolate rabbits.
My other favorite resurrection It’s 200 years later, but I always hear this one in my head when I see the Grunewald and vice versa.
February 3rd, 2009
Category: Religion
The schismatic ultra-catholic Bishop Richard Williamson’s Holocaust denial, and his other idiocies.
January 16th, 2009
Category: Religion
Did he mean that it would be better to remain silent than to speculate about the nature of the Divine?
