Daily Archives: May 9, 2010

Liberty Is Tyranny; Disclosure; Ps. 32 and Job’s Friends; Understanding Samaritans; T; From EJ 1; Faith and Transubstantiation

1. Samuel C. Hyde, Jr., Pistols and Politics: The Dilemma of Democracy in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes, 1810-1899, pages 88-89: As abolitionist agitation increased in the North, the large slaveholders sought to ensure southern unity at home.  Planter propagandists relentlessly depicted … Continue reading

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Mother’s Day 2010

Today’s Mother’s Day!  To honor that today, I want to share a memory of my Mom that came to me a few days ago.  I was surfing through Netflix, looking for something to watch, when I came across a documentary … Continue reading

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Five Book Reviews a Day; Finished Milgrom; Finished Gnostic Religion

1.  I’m wrapping up some books tonight so that I can take them back to the library tomorrow.  I’ll be replacing my daily reading of one of the books, not with another book, but rather with a daily reading of … Continue reading

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