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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 8
For my write-up today on Stephen Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician, I’d like to use as my starting-point how Ambrose characterizes the Old Guard of the Republican Party, which was influential during Richard Nixon’s time in Congress. On … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Chiang Kaishek, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Formosa, Harry Truman, Marshall Plan, Old Guard, Richard Nixon, Robert Taft, Stephen Ambrose
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Enjoying the Tree
In The Search for God at Harvard, Ari Goldman talks about a conversation that he had with Louis Jacobs, a Jew who was teaching Jewish studies at Harvard Divinity School when Goldman was a student there. Goldman had just heard … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Life, Religion
Tagged Ari Goldman, documentary hypothesis, harvard divinity school, inerrancy, jewish belief, jewish rituals, Judaism, Louis Jacobs, Religion, Sabbath, sabbath observance, spirituality, The Search for God at Harvard
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Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 7
My latest reading of Stephen Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician covered Richard Nixon’s 1950 race against liberal Democratic Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas for the U.S. Senate. How did Ambrose’s narrative about this particular election compare with that of … Continue reading
Christian Spirituality at Harvard Divinity School
In my latest reading of The Search for God at Harvard (copyright 1991), Ari Goldman talks about the dearth of Christian spirituality at Harvard Divinity School, as people sought to avoid offending those from non-Christian religions. He says that the … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Religion, School
Tagged Ari Goldman, christian religions, christian spirituality, harvard divinity school, Religion, spirituality, The Search for God at Harvard
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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 28,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this … Continue reading
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Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 6
In my latest reading of Nixon: The Education of a Politician, Stephen Ambrose talked about the Alger Hiss case. I did not finish Ambrose’s discussion of it, but I’ll comment on what I did read. Let me start this post … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, History, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Alger Hiss, FDR, Harry Truman, Irwin Gellman, John Foster Dulles, Richard Nixon, Stephen Ambrose, Thomas Dewey, Whittaker Chambers
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Finding God at Harvard, and It’s Never Too Late to Learn
I started Ari Goldman’s 1991 book, The Search for God at Harvard. Goldman was a New York Times reporter who had an Orthodox Jewish upbringing, and he attended Harvard Divinity School for a year as part of a paid … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Religion, School, Social Skills
Tagged Ari Goldman, evangelical circles, evangelicals, Finding God at Harvard, harvard divinity school, Kelly Monroe, politically conservative, politically liberal, Religion, social struggles, The Search for God at Harvard
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Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 5
I have three items for my write-up today on Stephen Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician. 1. I read about Richard Nixon’s 1946 run for Congress against Democratic Congressman Jerry Voorhis. Ambrose overlaps with Irwin Gellman on certain issues, … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Economics, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged HUAC, Irwin Gellman, Jerry Voorhis, Richard Nixon, Stephen Ambrose, The Contender
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John 20:23, and Concluding Reflections
I finished Lee Harmon’s John’s Gospel: The Way It Happened. In this post, I’ll write about John 20:23, then I will provide my overall assessment of Lee’s book. John 20:23 states (in the King James Version): “Whose soever sins ye … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Church, John MacArthur, John's Gospel: The Way It Happened, Lee Harmon, Religion
Tagged church authorities, fallible human beings, john macarthur, keys of the kingdom, Religion, theology
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Accountability and Individuality
For my write-up today on my church’s service this morning, I’ll use as my starting-point a question that was part of the service of installing a new deacon: “Will you be governed by our church’s polity, and will you abide … Continue reading
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