Daily Archives: June 4, 2009

John Updike’s Final Collection of Short Stories, “My Father’s Tears”, Has Just Been Published

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

Stefan Beck, who blogs at The New Criterion website, likes John Updike’s final collection of short stories (which just came out). Money quote: The posthumous collection My Father’s Tears reminds us of one wonderful thing about Updike: Practically any example … Continue reading →

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An Appeal to What the Book Says: Webster’s Dictionary, Pat Boone, and the Fight over Gay Marriage

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

Pat Boone has given us yet another compelling reason to oppose gay marriage: Webster’s Dictionary! I noticed this powerful use of logic by Pat Boone today in a World Net Daily editorial that he penned (or, at least, word processed): Not just the … Continue reading →

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Mental Health Break

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

A brilliant and beautiful mash up. Soviet era soldiers dancing—and Run DMC!:

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The Cairo Speech: President Barack Obama Channels Reinhold Niebuhr?

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

A reader at Andrew Sullivan’s blog wrote beautifully today of President Obama’s Cairo speech, comparing his vision to Reinhold Niebuhr’s. Niebuhr, by the way, is one of Obama’s intellectual influences. Obama has said that he has taken from Niebuhr’s books “the compelling … Continue reading →

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What is Time?

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

Is time an illusion in the way that our perception of the earth at rest is an illusion? Below is an interesting and brief documentary on time (in three parts). Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: And here’s physicist Julian … Continue reading →

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The Full Text of Obama’s Cairo Speech (June 4, 2009)

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University … Continue reading →

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Bearing Witness to the Holocaust: See Here the Part of Barack Obama’s Cairo Speech in Which He Confronts Arab Holocaust Denial and Affirms a Two State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

Vintage Obama—trying to get everybody to imaginitively walk in the shoes of others. And he calls Holocaust denial “baseless, ignorant, and hateful.” Bravo!:

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