Category Archives: Worldview

Nothing New Under the Son

Posted on September 1, 2009 by adeolumen

Worried about today’s events and overreaching Statism?  Like the new Senate Cybersecurity bill that gives the President the right to shut down the Internet. I have not read the language, and the devil is always in the details.  I expect … Continue reading →

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Is the Bible from God or a Tool of the Church to Extend its Religious Control?

Posted on August 19, 2009 by adeolumen

I suspect there are many folks who don’t know how to answer the questions raised by Dan Brown (Da Vinci Code), D.M. Murdoch (Zeitgeist, the Christ Conspiracy) and others who have stated the church (mainly the Roman Catholic) created and … Continue reading →

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The Stuff People Read and Think "Conspiracy"

Posted on August 4, 2009 by adeolumen

From the top of the Washington Post Style section on Rahm Emanual “tapping the network” in Howard Kurtz’  “The Press, The Pressure: Networks Grouse About Obama in Prime Time” (SO: MA): In the days before President Obama’s last news conference, … Continue reading →

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Sports, Steroids, Media Ecology, and Idolatry

Posted on August 2, 2009 by adeolumen

The incomparable and insightful Michael Wilbon hits on something subtle but massive in looking again at steroids in baseball following the Ortiz and Manny revelations this week. I am for the first time seeing something new in all this. It … Continue reading →

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What the Subtle Shift is Shifting Away From: Idolatry

Posted on July 31, 2009 by adeolumen

When I wrote this post about the subtle but massive shift in thinking related to Calvinism, it should have been apparent to anyone that the idea of making any presupposition absolute and then building a system around it can apply … Continue reading →

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FDD Report: Terrorism in the West

Posted on July 31, 2009 by adeolumen

Check out this important new report, Terrorism in the West 2008, which my friend Daveed Gartenstein-Ross co-authored with his colleagues Joshua D. Goodman and Laura Grossman at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.  An intro from Daveed: Terrorism is … Continue reading →

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A Subtle but Massive Shift? (Part 1)

Posted on July 31, 2009 by adeolumen

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF2N40F2Ufg] This is crucial video from Piper responding to the question “Why Are Calvinists So Negative?”  A few friends forwarded this to me along with this post of great insights from Ben Witherington. I want to break this question down … Continue reading →

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Conspiracy Counterpoint

Posted on July 23, 2009 by adeolumen

I know that many see the Economist as a key player in moving things towards world government, but I think they have provided some important counterpoints for those who accept the global conspiracy narrative, especially as it relates to central … Continue reading →

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Rich Lowry Once Again on Obamacasting

Posted on July 21, 2009 by adeolumen

Rich Lowry calls President Obama an “An Ideologue in a Hurry.” Hard to disagree with this modus operandi, at least on the surface, by our President: Do it now, before anyone can grasp what exactly it is that Congress is … Continue reading →

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Washington Post Calls Out Its Own Scandal, But Is That Enough?

Posted on July 14, 2009 by adeolumen

I am glad to see Andrew Alexander, Washington Post Obmbudsman, state this about “A Sponsorship Scandal at the Post”: The Washington Post’s ill-fated plan to sell sponsorships of off-the-record “salons” was an ethical lapse of monumental proportions. Publisher Katharine Weymouth … Continue reading →

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