January 2010
15 posts
http://mockingbirdnyc.blogspot.com/2010/01/david-fo... →
“Kurzweil took some serious heat … during a panel discussion after the premiere...”
– I, Robot | Print Article | Newsweek.com (via ayjay)
“The theme that I was trying to tap into was that irrational love defeats...”
– From an interview in Christianity Today with Andrew Stanton, director and writer of “Finding Nemo” and “Wall-E”.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Man Of Peace In A... →
This is a good introduction to MLK’s thinking. The Mike Douglas show interview is particularly helpful (and at times, angering).
“There was a time when the church was very powerful, in the time when the early...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
“No film school teaches about the Phantom Hollywood genre: mainstream movies that...”
– Armond White reviews the new Nancy Meyers film, It’s Complicated
“Can you imagine giving the eulogy at a funeral and starting out by saying...”
– Donald Miller responds to Pat Robertson’s recent remarks about Haiti…
http://mockingbirdnyc.blogspot.com/2010/01/ill-with... →
Check out Mockingbird’s post on the Avett Brothers song, “Ill With Want.” Powerful lyrics.
“Shafie knows a great deal about Christian persecution: He converted from Islam...”
– Christian convert in Egypt escapes to Israel on a jet ski
“After desperately trying to improve our situation for two months and having been...”
– Kurt Vonnegut on his time as a POW in Dresden.
“If you treat your faith like a hothouse flower, too vulnerable to survive in the...”
– Someone’s been boning up on their Chesterton!
Ross Douthat on the need for religious discourse.
“Monday’s article at the Wall Street Journal, which provided confirmation...”
– John Martellaro, former Apple marketing exec, tells all over at MacObserver
“Doctoral education is the horse the university is riding to the mall. People are...”
– Louis Menand, Harvard English professor, on the state of academic education in America….
“Apple is in the business of making complete products, for which they craft...”
– More interesting speculation about the impending Mac Tablet pc….from John Gruber