Philocrites' scrapbook

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6/29/2003 09:10:56 AM
Debunking America's enduring myths. "The true myths of Revolutionary history." David Greenberg. New York Times 6.29.03.
Two of my favorite things, together! Typography, not calligraphy, created America's founding document. Thomas Starr. Boston Globe 6.29.03.

 
6/26/2003 12:58:59 PM
The collapse of the dream palaces. David Brooks. The Weekly Standard 4.28.03.
Toward a neo-Reaganite foreign policy. William Kristol and Robert Kagan. Foreign Affairs Jul/Aug 1996 [reprinted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace].

 
6/26/2003 11:03:41 AM
Supreme Court strikes down Texas law banning sodomy. AP [NYTimes] 6.26.03.

 
6/23/2003 05:42:26 PM
Misrepresentation. Joshua Micah Marshall. Talking Points Memo 6.23.03.
The first casualty: The selling of the Iraq war. John B. Judis and Spencer Ackerman. The New Republic 6.30.03.
Saddam's bombs? We'll find them. Kenneth W. Pollack [author of The Gathering Storm]. New York Times 6.20.03.
Evidence against Iraq was always fanciful. Josh Marshall. The Hill 6.18.03.
The Bush Doctrine at risk. George F. Will. Washington Post 6.20.03.

 
6/23/2003 05:35:03 PM
Faith, hope, and government. "A former Bush adviser explains why the consensus favoring federal support for faith-based social services collapsed — and why it must be revived." John J. DiIulio Jr. Boston Globe 6.22.03.
Turning to the temple: Lowell police ask Buddhist monk to steer youths from violence. Eddy Ramirez. Boston Globe 6.23.03.

 
6/23/2003 05:24:20 PM
A too-hot topic. How would gay marriage transform the institution? Peter Steinfels. New York Times 6.21.03.
Gay kiss: business as usual. Frank Rich. New York Times 6.22.03.
Metrosexuals come out. Warren St. John. New York Times 6.22.03.

 
6/21/2003 11:16:47 AM
Does not play well with others. Review of Rogue Nation by Clyde Prestowitz and At War with Ourselves by Michael Hirsch. Bill Keller. New York Times Book Review 6.22.03.
On empire building, the American way. Review of The Dust of Empire by Karl E. Meyer. New York Times 6.21.03.

 
6/20/2003 11:39:17 AM
Jesus Will Save You--Whether You Agree or Not. Interview with Bishop Carlton Pearson by Laura Sheahen. Beliefnet.com.

 
6/19/2003 05:43:07 PM
How can you tell if your hermit crabs are gay? Let A,B,T count the ways . . .

 
6/18/2003 02:35:58 PM
World Special Olympics news. Richard Walton's Team USA profile. | Richard's score card and profile

 
6/18/2003 01:19:03 PM
An entire Web site dedicated to the UUA's "reclaiming a vocabulary of reverence" conversation. www.uua.org 5.27.03.

 
6/18/2003 12:40:11 PM
A broken body, a broken story, pieced together. "Investigation Reveals Lynch -- Still in Hospital After 67 Days -- Suffered Bone-Crushing Injuries in Crash During Ambush." Dana Priest, William Booth, and Susan Schmidt. Washington Post 6.17.03.

 
6/17/2003 12:12:22 PM
What difference will the Iranian protests make? Responses from Iran and elsewhere. BBC 6.17.03.

 
6/16/2003 12:12:54 PM
Former Aide Takes Aim at War on Terror. Laura Blumenfeld. Washington Post 6.16.03.
Let's call a lie a lie. Joshua Micah Marshall, Talking Points Memo 6.14.03.
Why haven't Iraqi officials squealed? Joshua Micah Marshall, Talking Points Memo 6.18.03.

 
6/16/2003 12:01:38 AM
Don't ask, don't tell, don't live your life, just go away. Philadelphia's "Cradle of Liberty" Boy Scout Council had come out against the national organization's anti-gay stance a few weeks. Now they've taken it all back. Dan Kennedy, Media Log 6.13.03.

 
6/10/2003 03:54:54 PM
Another Unitarian Universalist blogger. Michael D. Ivey's mdwtbotr mkII, which seems to mean "My dog wants to be on the radio."

 
6/9/2003 04:35:55 PM
Zakaria watch. Must democracy wait? Review of The Future of Freedom by Fareed Zakaria. Stephen Holmes. The American Prospect 6.1.03.

 
6/7/2003 11:58:38 AM
Utah Special Olympics. Coverage of Richard Walton's equestrian event. Salt Lake Tribune 6.7.03.

 
6/6/2003 11:38:05 AM
Clergy coalition offers support for same-sex marriages. Boston Globe 6.6.03.
Some blacks say Mormon Church must address racism. [AP] Boston Globe 6.6.03.
Church and state. Are there Mormon Democrats? Washington Times 5.18.03.

 
6/5/2003 11:08:33 PM
Intimacy or ultimacy. Above,Beyond,Through 6.5.03.
God, Worship, and the Tyranny of Intimacy. David Bumbaugh. Journal of Liberal Religion Winter 2002.

 
6/4/2003 12:39:16 PM
Why Gods should matter in social science. Rodney Stark. The Chronicle Review 6.6.03. (Thanks, A&L Daily)