The first “U2-charist” in England, an adapted Holy Communion service that uses the Irish rock group’s best-selling songs in place of hymns, is to be staged at a Lincoln church in May.
A live band will play U2 classics such as Mysterious Ways and Beautiful Day as worshippers sing along with lyrics which will appear on […]
MySpace starting a politics site
But as Mr. Michaels notes in his sharply argued polemic The Trouble with Diversity, that tends to be the very point of the jargon of diversity: It allows us not to talk about the increasingly rigid partition of our society along class lines. For as we enthusiastically fine-tune our sensibilities about how cultural or racial […]
Modern liberal societies have weak collective identities. Postmodern elites, especially in Europe, feel that they have evolved beyond identities defined by religion and nation. But if our societies cannot assert positive liberal values, they may be challenged by migrants who are more sure of who they are…
Cover story: ‘Identity and migration’ by Francis Fukuyama | […]
Some say that one of the main differences between science and philosophy is that science makes progress while philosophers go round in circles endlessly discussing the same questions. Toni Vogel Carey isn’t convinced.
Hm.. Sound familiar?
Philosophy Now
I just spent way too much time looking at the NatalieMerchant.com website - the official website of Natalie Merchant, former lead front-woman of The 10,000 Maniacs.
I only went to the page because I was at a coffee shop and suddenly “These Are Days” came on over the speakers. I was like, whoa, […]
It’s so strange how much ceremony there is in our government. We don’t get to see it very often.
NICE! Nancy Pelosi has spoken. I think they should announce debate tournaments like they announce the entrance of the president.
Dean of the Diplomatic Corps… who is that? I wish they would give […]
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Here’s to hoping for an update… yet I don’t think it could be nearly as corny.
And i think Mcmahon rhymed “field” with “field”
I love fonts. You may have seen me wearing a “Futura” t-shirt or one that says Hel-f*cking-Vetica. Today Kottke posted a site that lists the top 100 fonts. Here are the top ten:
1. Helvetica
2. Garamond
3. Frutiger
4. Bodoni
5. Futura
6. Times
7. Akzidenz Grotesk
8. Officina
9. Gill Sans
10. Univers
Die 100 Besten Schriften
YES! I admit it! I found it on Facebook!
IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
So, here’s how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that’s playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the […]