Monthly Archives: December 2005

The triumph of capitalism

Posted on December 30, 2005 by acb

Scott Rosenberg “reports that”:http://blogs.salon.com/0000014/2005/12/29.html#a960 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”:http://www.thewormbook.com/helmintholog/archives/2005/12/questions_to_santa_1.html#001669 leads me to “a blog devoted to the thought of Cardinal Schönborn.”:http://www.cardinalschonborn.com/2005/12/summary-and-clarification-of-evolution.html 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”:http://print.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0601/articles/schonborn.html 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

dl. 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”:http://www.cambridgewine.com/ 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”:http://clustrmaps.com/counter/index2.php?url=http://www.thewormbook.com/helmintholog/] 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.”:http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/analysis 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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