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Apr 20, 2007

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How Heraclitus taught me to read

His writings are fragments—like shards of pottery, or dinosaur bones. And they are a test of who can read best. Heraclitus will elude us until we get the crucial point. Matt Colvin holds a PhD in Classics from Cornell University and teaches classical languages and humanities a Mars Hill Academy.

Apr 5, 2007

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Contemporary trends in classical music

Classical music—that small corner of the record store—plays the past, present, and future in a hundred ways. Whether for nylon strings or CPUs, it is a thrilling and eclectic universe. John Wykoff is a Chancellor’s Fellow in music composition at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Mar 23, 2007

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Heroes, mentors and pioneers in Computer Technology

Heroes who innovate and create. Mentors who embody and mold. They exist in every field, and wait to impact every life. Comment starts a new series today in an appropriate field: computer technology. Dr. Derek Schuurman is Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Redeemer University College, Ancaster, Ontario.

Living with Liberalism (part two)

Jan 5, 2007

Living with Liberalism (part two)

“There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.” -Margaret Thatcher. Strauss explains how liberalism underestimates people and God, and why people want more from our life together than that for which liberalism allows.

Dec 1, 2006

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Living with Liberalism: six strategies for faithfulness

Liberalism is a powerful cultural force that protects individuals and human rights, but hangs marriages and families out with the rest of the laundry. It banishes historical religious convictions, only to promote its own faith-in-reason structures instead. How does one go about living under the influence of such idolatry?