The Online Journal has a five book list of mystery anthologies (thanks to World Mag Blog)
Molly Ivins, 1944-2007
Molly Ivins has gone where no mortal returns at age 62. E.J. Dionne Jr. recalls what she said about cancer, that it “can kill you, but it doesn’t make you a better person.”
(by way of Reasoned Audacity)
Andrew Klavan in World Magazine
Your Writers Group points out an interview with one of Lars’ favorite authors, Andrew Klavan, in World Magazine (subscription req.).
He quotes Klavan saying, “I’m a novelist, remember, not a preacher. I trust reality to express Christ’s presence, because I think that’s what it actually does.”
In introducing the interview, Marvin Olasky writes, “It shouldn’t be an unusual combination, because an understanding of man’s sinfulness, along with a glimpse of God’s holiness, often makes us realize our desperate need for Christ. And yet Christian fiction has a reputation for being too nice to take on vice.”
Clive Cussler Sues Over Sahara Movie
Adventure Author Clive Cussler is arguing in court that the script to “Sahara,” based on his novel, was so bad it has hurt his career. His lawyers claim that Crusader Entertainment altered the screenplay without his consent, essentially ruining his main character and the story. Crusader Entertainment is countersuing, claiming Cussler exaggerated his sales to win the film contract.
I can understand suing over alterations without consent, if that’s a contractual agreement, but making a lousy movie based on my book? That’s Hollywood–get over it. And Crusader’s claim may have merit, but on the surface, it looks like whining to me.
Untold Story: Lutherans Against Hitler
God’s Upside Down Kingdom points out a new book on the history of Lutherans in Nazi Germany. “Readers … will discover the stories of courageous church leaders who prevented the Nazis from absorbing Lutheran Churches into the Reich Church.”
Can’t See Any Good Coming from This
The Sci-Fi Channel plans a reality show focused on a school for witches. “We teach Wicca and other metaphysical systems – things like tarot cards, astrology and palmistry.” Yikes.
Can't See Any Good Coming from This
The Sci-Fi Channel plans a reality show focused on a school for witches. “We teach Wicca and other metaphysical systems – things like tarot cards, astrology and palmistry.” Yikes.
Can’t Imagine It’s Enforced
Blasphemy in Massachusetts: Chapter 272, Section 36. “Whoever wilfully blasphemes the holy name of God by denying, cursing,” etc.
And if you raise a ruckus in church, section 38 will send you jail too, so watch it.
After posting this yesterday, I asked myself if anyone would want this kind of thing to be enforced. We won’t improve our neighbor’s character by forcing them to keep select vices, like blasphemy, to themselves. Disrupting a worship service is another matter, which I don’t think automatically falls under free speech protections. It is proper for a society to protect places from unruly citizens, so if it were a crime to heckle a minister in my state, I wouldn’t mind. Not that I would press charges on it either.
But common vulgarity or blasphemy as is restricted in Section 36 above shouldn’t be unlawful. Neither should stating that homosexuality is perversion.
Can't Imagine It's Enforced
Blasphemy in Massachusetts: Chapter 272, Section 36. “Whoever wilfully blasphemes the holy name of God by denying, cursing,” etc.
And if you raise a ruckus in church, section 38 will send you jail too, so watch it.
After posting this yesterday, I asked myself if anyone would want this kind of thing to be enforced. We won’t improve our neighbor’s character by forcing them to keep select vices, like blasphemy, to themselves. Disrupting a worship service is another matter, which I don’t think automatically falls under free speech protections. It is proper for a society to protect places from unruly citizens, so if it were a crime to heckle a minister in my state, I wouldn’t mind. Not that I would press charges on it either.
But common vulgarity or blasphemy as is restricted in Section 36 above shouldn’t be unlawful. Neither should stating that homosexuality is perversion.
Mr. Dawntreader with G.K. Chesterton
Dawntreader is taking notes on Chesterton’s thoughtful essays in Orthodoxy:
“Evolution is a good example of that modern intelligence which, if it destroys anything, destroys itself. Evolution is either an innocent scientific description of how certain earthly things came about; or, if it is anything more than this, it is an attack upon thought itself. If evolution destroys anything, it does not destroy religion but rationalism.”
In short, thinking is meaningless if it’s all just chemical processes given to us by random survival instincts.