Monthly Archives: December 2005

The triumph of capitalism

Posted on December 30, 2005 by acb

Scott Rosenberg reports that you can’t even mention the words “socialist” or “Socialism” in comments on Salon blogs any more. For why? It’s the Scunthorpe problem: the words contain a brand name for a viagra-type medication — cialis. So the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Cardinal Schönborn has a posse

Posted on December 28, 2005 by acb

A comment on the previous entry leads me to a blog devoted to the thought of Cardinal Schönborn. I’m more confused than ever. I think that the distinction he is trying to make is between full-on Dawkins style atheism or … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Is the Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna nuts?

Posted on December 27, 2005 by acb

Or have I missed something subtle in this piece about Intelligent Design? He seems to be arguing that we have “philosophical”, i.e mediaeval scholastic, knowledge of certain truths about the world, which take precedence over scientific understandings. For example, we … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Questions to Santa

Posted on December 24, 2005 by acb

Q: I have here a 35mm film canister containing “Creosote salve”, which says it can cure Självsprickor, excema, and weeping sores, as well as repelling mosquitoes and midges. Will it also cure colds? A: Not entirely, but if you rub … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Civilisation in Cambridge

Posted on December 23, 2005 by acb

In keeping with the spirit of Christmas I would point out that the Cambridge Wine Merchants of Cambridge, England, are selling some venerable Riesling at prices which are almost incredible. I found in their Bridge Street shop last week a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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More formal programme plug

Posted on December 23, 2005 by acb

The Analysis programme on American religion goes out next Thursday, 29 December, at 8.30 GMT, and can be heard for a week thereafter by any of this blog’s remarkably far-flung readers who have broadband. The cast ranges from a former … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Saffron Walden Quadrilateral

Posted on December 23, 2005 by acb

I loathe these things, and refuse to transmit this one even to He or qB whose answers might be interesting. But Mrs Tilton has brought such beautiful legs into my life – eight at a time — that I must … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Why no posts

Posted on December 21, 2005 by acb

I have been totally consumed by the radio programme I am making — it goes out on the 29th of December and the 1st of January: the details will he here. It’s about the role played by religion in American … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Etiquette question

Posted on December 12, 2005 by acb

How do you address a former president of the United States? I think I’ve got to phone one up on Wednesday. Continue reading →

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Crusading values

Posted on December 12, 2005 by acb

I had to write a review of the year for the Church Times yesterday, and found myself unable to think for even a minute about a religion which is currently convulsed over the question of whether homosexuals are human beings. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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