http://www.intheagora.com/ Copyright 2008 Sun, 11 May 2008 23:05:52 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.11 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Around the 16th century in Britain, Christians visited their mother church each year. Over time, and through gradual alterations, it was dedicated toward giving thanks to mothers. What I find particularly interesting is that Julia Ward Howe is widely credited... http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/05/a_brief_history_1.html http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/05/a_brief_history_1.html Sun, 11 May 2008 23:05:52 -0500 Concerned about predators on Myspace and Facebook, those sites will now restrict users who are older than 18 from looking for users under 18. The geniuses behind this plan believe it will work because, you know, no one ever lies... http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/05/when_old_lawyer.html http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/05/when_old_lawyer.html Fri, 09 May 2008 17:43:12 -0500 Although I am not officially a member of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS), my interest in the denomination is quite high. It is, of course, the Scriptural and Sacramental aspects of the denomination that I find compelling, and... http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/05/lcms_the_tale_o.html http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/05/lcms_the_tale_o.html Fri, 09 May 2008 16:32:36 -0500 The long Democratic (that's the adjectival form, folks) bloodletting in the presidential primaries took a big step to resolution last night as Barack Obama won a blowout win in North Carolina and fought Hillary Clinton to a near draw in... http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/05/storm_on_the_ho.html http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/05/storm_on_the_ho.html Politics Wed, 07 May 2008 08:44:25 -0500 Today Indiana goes to the polls in what may turn out to be a decisive primary for the Democratic nomination. I live in a largely Democratic precinct and overheard this exchange while walking into the polling booth this morning:Middle-aged white... http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/05/identity_politi.html http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/05/identity_politi.html Tue, 06 May 2008 10:00:56 -0500 The Jill Long Thompson / John McCain / Hillary Clinton plan for a gas-tax holiday has run into a stumbling block, of sorts, namely, that every "economists, environmentalists, everyone who's thought about the issue for ten minutes, etc." has concluded... http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/05/bookish_economi.html http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/05/bookish_economi.html Economics Sun, 04 May 2008 21:45:29 -0500 Here are some pieces so interesting I'm at a loss for further commentary:A happy elephant.Såo Paulo bans advertisements (ht)Reverse graffitiIrises (scroll right)Images of female portraits in Western art over 500 years in three minutes... http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/05/quick_hits_a_vi.html http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/05/quick_hits_a_vi.html Appropriate of Nothing Sun, 04 May 2008 16:08:02 -0500 As seen in the comments at Balloon Juice, this commercial might explain the idea of a gas tax holiday--panned by economists of all political persuasions--now being advocated by John McCain and Hillary Clinton as a way to lower gas prices.... http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/05/todays_politics.html http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/05/todays_politics.html Politics Fri, 02 May 2008 08:27:06 -0500 Here's hope for the future: 53 percent of 12-graders in America failed the Department of Education's NAEP assessment tests in U.S. history conducted in 2006. And this is actually an improvement over the results from the 2001 edition of NAEP,... http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/04/heres_hope_for.html http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/04/heres_hope_for.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:50:03 -0500 Today our brothers and sisters in the Eastern Churches celebrate the Resurrection of Our Lord, a quirk of the Julian/Gregorian calendrical split, but more closely following the Jewish calendar. Christ is risen from the dead, Trampling down death by death,... http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/04/happy_pascha.html http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/04/happy_pascha.html Faith Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:00:16 -0500 Being a Yankee, it has escaped my attention that some governments have been designating April as 'Confederate History Month.' One could hope that these people might be history buffs who also want to see something like 'House of Tudor Month'... http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/04/treason_in_defe.html http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/04/treason_in_defe.html Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:23:33 -0500 "Do you think America wants hope right now? Because fear seems to be winning." -- Stephen Colbert, April 24, 2008... http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/04/quote_of_the_da_5.html http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/04/quote_of_the_da_5.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:54:48 -0500 The good folks at Moody Publishers recently sent me a copy of Sex, Sushi, and Salvation, a new book by Christian George. We've done book reviews before here at ITA, but I've never been been solicited to do one. I... http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/04/book_review_sex.html http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/04/book_review_sex.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:08:07 -0500 1. A blogger for the liberal magazine Mother Jones calls Hillary Clinton "the undead" candidate. She doesn't have a shot at winning outright, but she has enough support to justify, to her at least, staying in the race. 2. In... http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/04/political_short.html http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/04/political_short.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:54:44 -0500 Nicholas White was trapped in an elevator in New York City's McGraw-Hill building for forty-one hours. Click here to watch a condensed look at White's ordeal, as captured by the building's security cameras.... http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/04/trapped.html http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/04/trapped.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:05:14 -0500