Entries from July 2009

14 July 2009

The Cigar-smoking Saint

Take a good look, because this image just may be on a holy card some day soon.
Apparently, the Chesterton Society in England recently announced its intention to promote the cause for the canonization of their namesake, renowned Catholic writer G.K. Chesterton.  (The folks over at NLM published on this today.)
After searching around for details, I [...]

14 July 2009

Ahh, modernity…

9 July 2009

Reading Now

7 July 2009

Reading Now

6 July 2009

The (In)Humanity of the Web

Well is it?
I sure hope not, because I’ve been quite close to the technology giant in the past several days: I installed and signed up for more than a few Google products (my favorite by far being Google Reader — seriously, guys, check it out), spent the weekend with a Harvard student currently interning at [...]

6 July 2009

Philosophy Speaks Out Against Twitter

In this intelligent and amusing post, James Anderson pokes fun at both Twitter and moral philosophy by offering eighteen arguments “Against All Tweets.”  Check out the link for the entire list.  Here are a few of my favorites:

Virtue Ethics Argument
(1) One ought always to act in good faith.
(2) Therefore, if one Twitters, one ought always [...]

5 July 2009

Reading Now

Actually, more like “Just Finished Reading.”