Posted by: sleepyoldbear on: 29 June 2008
Posted by: sleepyoldbear on: 28 June 2008
A Shepherd Speaks
By BISHOP FRED HENRY
Calgary
Dear Premier Stelmach:
I have raised the issue of the Alberta Human Rights Commission several times with you in the past 18 months. On each of those occasions, you said that you understood the issues and shared my concerns. However, the situation is continuing to deteriorate across our country and the [...]
Posted by: sleepyoldbear on: 28 June 2008
… and finally I am getting around to posting it.
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The academic world that I first encountered was one of both intellectual beauty and profound flaws. I was taught at Princeton, in the early 1960s—in history and literature, above all—before the congeries that we term “the ’60s” began. Most of my professors were probably men of [...]
Posted by: sleepyoldbear on: 27 June 2008
Movies challenge my abilities to the breaking point.
First there was Seraphim Falls.
Then there was No Country for Old Men.
Tonight there was There will be Blood.
Are there Micks in all of these? At least the first and last.
Weird. Or perhaps I’m just looking for something … at the end of tonight’s movie I was waiting for [...]
Posted by: sleepyoldbear on: 26 June 2008
I Hope I Win!
After careful consideration of the Stage Left competition I have decided that I am glad that my writing has been nominated. If you’re getting flak you’re probably over the target.
–Stillman
Posted by: sleepyoldbear on: 26 June 2008
Here.
Posted by: sleepyoldbear on: 26 June 2008
From my Cold Dead Hands
The results of this will be interesting. We have seen gun crime rise in places after gun bans, so it will be an interesting test to see what the result in D.C. is now that the ban has been stuck down. Remember: gun bans are only a prohibition on gun ownership [...]
Posted by: sleepyoldbear on: 25 June 2008
Folks, I am sorry for the worse than slow blogging. Stillman emptied the still and hasn’t recovered yet, and I am trying to get a couple of books finished.
So … there are lots of good blogs out there, and I have some listed on this site. I have just been to Ezra Levant, and I [...]
Posted by: sleepyoldbear on: 25 June 2008
Hysteria.
Posted by: sleepyoldbear on: 24 June 2008
In June 1982 I received my Master of Theology, University of Toronto, at the hands of Northrop Frye. Today, 26 years later almost to the day, I have again picked up his The Great Code: The Bible and Literature.
Some quotations may be in order.
First: in discussing the extreme positions of people who might run across [...]
