December 2009
16 posts
“Religion exists, in part, precisely because humans aren’t at home amid these...”
– Ross Douthat on James Cameron’s Avatar
WatchNeed we say more about the NBA?
“A flashback to last year, U2’s Christmas Song.”
– U2.Com
“Slightly more people went to church in 1962, but many fewer people went out...”
– Into The Mystic - Ross Douthat Blog - NYTimes.com (via ayjay)
John Granger offers a splendid analysis of the Twilight series over at Touchstone.
WatchTracy MacGrady goes to Darfur. I’d never heard of this documentary until today. It’s an interesting piece. MacGrady’s personal narrative and naivete highlight the problems in Darfur in a unique and helpful way.
A posthumous short story by David Foster Wallace appeared in this week’s New Yorker. The story is an exploration of the religious impulse told through a first-person reminiscence. Simply great stuff.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8398562.stm... →
Former cannibals reconcile with descendants of the missionary they ate…2 Corinthians 5!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/movies/06scott.ht... →
A.O.Scott is a fine writer, engaging big ideas. His review of Clooney’s new movie, Up in the Air, is exemplary.
Tanenhaus on Palin
An insightful review of how Palin differs from the Republican forebears she regularly invokes, and what that means for Republican Politics.
http://streetnewspapers.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/sn... →
After reading this, I think I might have to buy the Bob Christmas album…