Posts from the ‘Culture gone mad’ Category
The perception is that Obama’s supposed compromise on his ill-received HHS ruling amounted to him capitulating to religious opposition. But if he gave in, why do I feel so insulted?
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Watched a fascinating History Channel program last night on the Kennedy assassination and the flurry of conspiracies that have persisted about it. I found this interesting, because I did get a little caught up in the study of the inconsistencies — courtesy of a silly little do-it-yourself JFK conspiracy “kit” I came across in the […]
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The Advent season begins today, and not a moment too soon, eh? I had complained in past years about what the buying market does to Christmas — I think every Christian does. In my lifetime, I’ve seen the itchy sales pitches go from being background noise that started after Thanksgiving to being a truly obnoxious […]
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If you don’t follow matters relating to astrology, you might have missed this big storm brewing amongst those airy, herbal-tea-drinking folk. But it’s actually kind of an interesting collision of their beliefs and a little hard science. And it might just give them the kind of schism that we Orthodox know all too much about […]
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Have you been watching motion pictures recently and said, “Why can’t we have MORE special effects, MORE dark, apocalyptic imagery, MORE violence and non-stop motion?” Well then! “Inception” is the movie for you. More to the point, if you watched the Matrix series and thought, “Well, it’s an interesting alternate reality, but for goodness sake, […]
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Last point about Avatar I wanted to make: Movie-makers have had a lot of fun blurring the lines between the real world and artificial worlds. Only recently have they been doing the same thing with real and artificial selves. And I think there’s a reason for that. Only in the age of online communities and […]
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Saw “Avatar” two weeks ago, and some observations about it stay with me — some things it was trying to say, some things it did say, and the differential between the two. (Two quick caveats: 1 – This will include spoilers. 2 – I’m not sure it will make sense if you haven’t seen the movie.) […]
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I love the Orthodox Church, but sometimes when I read editorials and proclamations that come from the highest levels, I want to scream. Case in point: This editorial in today’s Wall St. Journal written by the Greek Patriarch. Titled “Our Indivisible Environment,” the piece speaks of the Orthodox Church’s commitment to environmental issues, noting that […]
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Don’t you hate to waste a lovely spring day on a bad mood? But the sun is glistening outside, lawnmowers are humming, … and I’m bummed out.
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The dog and I have retired to the den. My office is a prettier room, but right now it’s also a colder room which trumps other considerations. Missouri isn’t being hit as hard as other Midwestern states with this nasty cold front. But it’s still cold enough to make me say what I always say […]
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