NSA Commencement 2006 Last Wednesday night, we had our ninth commencement for New St. Andrews College. One of the features of the evening was that we honored my father, Jim Wilson, for the impact he has had throughout the course of his long and fruitful life. Among some others, I was asked to make some …
C.S. Lewis and First Editions. No, Not Kenny Rogers.
May I take a minute to plug Santa Cruz Books? If you would like to get your hands on a C.S. Lewis first edition, this is the place for you. I have added this site to my Books section on the left. Full disclosure: the site is run and maintained by a co-grandparent of the …
Three More Hamhocks
For those not up to speed, a hamhock is a pig foot. And really cute too.
Milestone Screwups
One of the things that Ausgustine did later in his life was to publish his Retractions, a book in which he went back and corrected earlier errors in his teaching. No getting the wrong idea here. As as a neighborhood toddler I am not worthy to come over and play in Augustine’s backyard . . …
Northern Runs
I enlisted in the Navy while I was still in high school, but didn’t have to go in until the fall after graduation. There was nothing thought-through in this choice of service. I had grown up in Annapolis, my father was an Annapolis grad, and the thought of doing something other than joining the Navy …
Take That
As the drumbeats of polemical warfare continue, and my adversaries grow ever more desperate, I have decided to pull the old “anybody with grandkids this cute can’t be all bad” ploy.
Traveling Shoes
I woke up in Idaho and will be going to sleep (shortly) in North Carolina. Airplanes are really amazing when you think about it. I am here for a conference sponsored by Christ Church in Cary, NC, and am really looking forward to it. The info on the conference can be found on their web …
Way to Go Again
This is not a shameless appeal exactly, but I didn’t know what category to put it under. This last week, the mock trial team for Logos School won the Idaho State Championship, and they are heading off to the national competition in a month or so. This is (I believe) the third year in a …
Sky Cow Books
One of the corollaries of the Great Commission is that we are supposed to fill the earth with our books, as the prophet Isaiah intimated. Toward that end, I wanted to draw your attention to the books category on the left margin of this page, where you can find, as Jonathan Edwards would have put …
The Dessert Cart Rolls On
Saturday Night Live had a really good one. The Political Teen has a clip of it here. And HT to Right Mind.