Bookworm on Jan 29 2012 | Filed under: Presidential elections
I’m planning a trip this summer to Japan, a country about which I know nothing. Actually that’s an overstatement. I know some things: it’s beautiful, historic, and clean (I love that part), and comes complete with great food and well-mannered people. But that’s all I know. Toji Pagoda I don’t have this tabula rasa problem [...]
Bookworm on Jan 05 2012 | Filed under: Religion
Today at lunch, Don Quixote and I ended up talking about predestination and free will. Along the way we touched upon whether prayers are necessary (if God is omniscient, doesn’t he already know what we want?) and funerals (definitely for the living, although one doesn’t want to disrespect the dead). We also talked about the [...]
Bookworm on Sep 24 2009 | Filed under: Uncategorized
The British Museum has staged a huge exhibit about the Aztecs. The Daily Mail has recognized that opening by publishing a very interesting article about the Aztecs and their clash with, and ultimate destruction because of, the Spaniards. The article is a useful reminder of something Danny Lemieux has raised at this blog before, which [...]
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