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Not surprisingly the Jerusalem Post, (which btw made several mistakes in reporting the recent conference in Jerusalem sponsored by Princeton), has now published a further series of articles saying that Ultra Orthodox Jews (the heredi council) are unlikely to agree to the reopening of the Talpiot tomb and the one adjacent to it, because of…

My Florida cousins sent me these pictures. Believe it or not, there is a woman who makes marzipan babies– yes babies made out of frosting! And here are the pictures to prove it. This woman has some serious talent. Having seen real premies (prematurely born infants) I have to say these are remarkable replicas. And…

You know you spend too much time in airplanes and airports when: 1) The TSA people at your home airport know you by name 2) The ticket counter people from all the airlines know you by name 3) The stewardesses on the planes often know you by name 4) You schedule your flights to stop…

Behold the clubhouse at Carnoustie in Dundee, Scotland. The day was 1 /16/ o8, and the weather was bonny. The next picture is of me with my doctoral student at St. Andrews Aaron Kuecker. This word just in– he beat me by 9 strokes, but then again, he is half my age and taller. We…

Gadflies enjoying buzzing around dead meat. In fact they are positively attracted to it, precisely because it produces ‘buzz’. The news this past week provided us with a perfect illustration of this principle. There was a conference in Jerusalem sponsored by Princeton U. with 50 invited scholars present and hosted by Jim Charlesworth to rehash…

The following was sent to me by one of my students, who in turn got it from a UMC Church source– This just shows that it is not true at all that the United Methodist Church is uninterested in apocalyptic speculations 🙂 Thanks to Arlen for the picture. BW3—————-The Number of the Beast We all…

Its time for us to have one of our lengthy theological discussions of the year, and since this is the time of year where Christians and others tend to ask–‘What is the will of God for my life this year?’, I thought it a propitious moment to unveil an important little study by Dr. James…

We are now entering the time of year I call the ‘dead zone’ because it usually lacks movies of Oscar caliber. This may be my last review for a while. Nothing much tends to show up of that sort between now and Easter in a normal year. It is then all the more encouraging then…

Stephen Colbert, that faux conservative commentator who has his own Comedy show ‘The Colbert Report’ has now published a book ‘I Am an American (and So Can You!)’. Yes, you read that right. My son the pundit gave me this book for Christmas, and I must say– it is rather hysterical, whatever your views on…

This afternoon, for an hour and thirty six minutes, I was beguiled by a little ‘indie’ film starring Ellen Page, with co-stars such as Allison Janney and Jennifer Garner and especially J.K. Simmons who is fantastic as Juno’s Dad. The basic premise of the movie is simple– sixteen year old girl gets knocked up by…
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