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Just wanted to let you know that Telford has posted a very interesting piece he wrote on science fiction/fantasy and the subcultures it has produced. Very insightful.
“Once Upon a Tribulation”

The Japan Times has an English article about manga (Japanese comics). Apparently manga constitute almost 40% of published material in Japan each year. And this is after five or so years of declining sales!
Manga and anime are amazing and versatile art forms. They aren’t simply for kids (as most animation in the US is), and […]

Here are some articles, editorials, and sites that have caught my eye.
“Paris war protest turns anti-Semitic” (Worldnet Daily)

This post is primarily a regurgitation of an email exchange I’ve recently had with my dear friend Marina…
Until lately I really have not come down on either side of the debate about the war, but now that it’s happening, I am glad. Saddam Hussein is an evil, evil maniac. The things he’s done to the […]

This is a grievous turn of events. I am in shock.

HaShem has apparently sent a messenger to us in the form of a carp. On January 28th, Luis Nivelo (a Christian) was doing the usual stuff for his job at a Jewish fish market, clubbing carp fish so they could be turned into gifelte, when he came upon a twenty-pounder that began yelling in Hebrew.
His […]

A British neurologist says fetuses are conscious earlier than most had thought

I have this horrible habit of reading several books at once. It is not intentional; I just seem to begin a book then see another, then another, ad infinitum. So anyway, I thought it’d be fun to put some of them up on the site. Maybe you’ll see something that sparks your interest. These are […]

Or is that an oxymoron? Oh well…
One of my theology profs (he has a blog here) has posted an Ash Wednesday sermon he gave at chapel at the college I used to go to. Check it out!

Of all the parts of nature, I’ve always liked the sky the most. You can go anywhere on the surface of the earth and still be able to behold its beauty. Today, the sunset was amazing.
I don’t see how someone could witness an event as amazing as a sunset and still choose to believe there […]