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The shallow reader and the headline reader are both deceived alike.
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Headline Bias
ByhenryWhile I’m at talking about the auto industry, how about the following headline from MNSBC.com: Republicans to Detroit: Drop dead Biased? Read the article yourself and see if that’s what the Republicans in question were saying.
Matheson on Howard van Till
ByhenryHe posted some good notes on a talk by van Till here. I have great respect for van Till as well, though I have only encountered him through reading.
Before Going to Theology School
Byhenry… or as soon afterward as practicable, read this. (HT: Pseudo-Polymath.)
Evidence that Demands a Kingdom
ByhenryThomas an excellent post on Everyday Liturgy, titled Evidence that Demands a Kingdom. This is part of a series, all of which have been good, but this one struck me most forcefully so far. Go, read it, and check out the links to the rest of the series.
A Repentance Speech Event
ByhenryA friend sent me a link to this post on Language Log which discusses public repentance as a speech event. If you tag some spiritual implications onto the linguistic analysis, it adds some interest as well!
Does a Woman get her Glory from Man?
ByhenryDave Warnock says emphatically NO!