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Gorbachev and Louis Vuitton – did I miss the apocalypse?
By
David Kuo
Is it possible that I missed the apocalypse? Seriously? Did it come and go? Was it nice? I ask because of this: Gorbachev is the new face of Louis Vuitton, luxury bag/clothes/etc. maker. My friend Rod Dreher calls it the “overwhelming triumph of capitalism”. Maybe he is right. Though maybe it is something more ominous.…
More on Mitch
By
David Kuo
Here is a bit more on Mitch, the boy battling leukemia: Dear Friends, As I write this, Mitchell is recovering beside me in his bed……..resting in relative comfort (which means minimal discomfort). All of the procedures we performed successfully today without incident. They drained 1/2 liter of fluid from his right lung! That is a…
The $1,000 football helmet
By
David Kuo
Found in Time: Coming soon to a worried parent near you: a sales pitch for a $1,000 football helmet that can monitor the precise location and severity of impacts to little Johnny’s head. Leading helmetmaker Riddell plans to begin flooding high schools with take-home brochures this month and to start shipping this concussion-sensing gear to…
Anne Rice on Jesus, vampires, writing
By
David Kuo
On her website, novelist Anne Rice offers a lengthy and fascinating and important defense of her “earlier” (pre-Christian conversion) works within the context of her Christian faith. She writes in part: Let me begin by saying that I see my earlier novels as part of a long tradition of “dark fiction” which includes some of…
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