Daily Archives: November 10, 2018

Originally posted on Edge Induced Cohesion:
A More Perfect Heaven:  How Copernicus Revolutionized The Cosmos, by Dava Sobel My feelings about this book and the author’s approach are somewhat complicated and ambivalent.  On the one hand, the book does a…

Originally posted on Edge Induced Cohesion:
The Glass Universe:  How The Ladies Of The Harvard Observatory Took The Measure Of The Stars, by Dava Sobel When I was a tenth grade student taking AP European History, the document based question…

Originally posted on Bob on Books:
Leslie Domonkos, Source unknown I grew up disliking history. Up through high school, history had largely been presented to me as a series of events, dates to be memorized, and important people. All this,…

Originally posted on Reading Acts:
In order to illustrate the problem with judging others. Jesus uses a humorous, even absurd, exaggeration. It makes no sense to condemn someone’s small error if you have a larger error in your own life.…

Originally posted on Clarissa's Blog:
I went out with colleagues and students last night. Had a great time, the students are wonderful and very different in civilian life than in class. But I’m looking at them and thinking, “God,…

Originally posted on WINTERY KNIGHT:
In this post, I have the video of a debate on the topic of what Christians should think about economics and economic policies. In addition to the video, I summarized the two opening speeches and…

Originally posted on International Liberty:
I periodically explain that labor and capital are the two factors of production and that our prosperity depends on how efficiently they are allocated. But I probably don’t spend enough time highlighting how they are…