I am currently reading a biography of Isaac Newton, but the thing that makes it really fun is that it was written by a friend, a colleague here at New St. Andrews. Mitch Stokes is our math and philosophy guy, or, as they say in the biz, fellow. Peter Leithart has written a bio of …
Make Sure You Check Out the Upper Left Picture
Not a question you ask yourself every day. But this is the issue — should it be?
George Grant on The Chestnut King
I was pleased to see this clip, where George briefly reviews what he is currently reading. That would be Chesterton’s Orthodoxy, Darwin’s Origin, the Koran, and The Chestnut King. What a great idea — book reviews by video clip. We were doing book plugs that way, but the “currently reading” approach is what theologians in …
Last Stop
And here is the last stop on Nate’s blog tour.
And Maybe Even More Than That
As an instructor in a liberal arts college, I have met many aspiring writers. There are many who want to be wordsmiths, and that is great. We need many more than that. But I wish all of them would read this about twenty times.
The Role Our Little House Fire Played
So here is the next stop on Nate’s blog tour.
Trinity Talk
Please allow me to commend the good work of some friends — Uri and Jarrod — at a place called Trinity Talk. I got involved in it all somehow.
Why a Writer Should Want to be a Dragonfly
As mentioned before, Nate is on a multi-day blog tour. The first visit was at Mundie Moms , and the second at Books4yourkids . And this morning he writes about the life-cycle of a writer here.
10 Reasons Why Sarah Palin is Formidable
I haven’t posted on politics for a bit, and I thought I needed to jot down just a few things about Sarah Palin. She is a genuinely interesting figure, and so I thought I should mention ten reasons why I believe she is formidable. 1. She makes all the right people on the left go …
Poor Richard’s Journal
Nate is on what they call a “blog tour.” He will be on a different blog every day for the next six days, and the first one can be found here . It contains some material not found in the triology (a first installment of Richard’s notes on his own attempts at cupboards adventure), and …