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Daily Archives: February 4, 2013
Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 12
A while back, I was browsing in a bookstore and I saw a book about President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vietnam. The historical narrative that I had long heard was that President John F. Kennedy was the President who began … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, History, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Dwight Eisenhower, John Foster Dulles, Richard Nixon, SEATO, Stephen Ambrose, Vietnam War
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Goldman’s Chapter on Hinduism
For my write-up today on Ari Goldman’s The Search for God at Harvard, I’ll talk some about Goldman’s chapter on Hinduism. Goldman opens this chapter with a conversation between a Hindu teacher and his pupil. The pupil repeatedly asks how … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Esther, Life, Religion, School
Tagged Ari Goldman, Brahma, Esther, god shiva, harvard divinity school, hindu teacher, Hinduism, Judaism, Krishna, Religion, Shiva, The Search for God at Harvard, Vishnu
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