Category Archives: Daily Links and Notes

The Daily Beast HT: Dreher I am not smart enough to argue with those that cling to disbelief. Centuries of philosophers have made better arguments than I could, and I am comfortable with just pointing in their direction if an acquaintance … Continue reading →

http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/27/8121021/leonard-nimoy-spock-live-long-and-prosper

12 fascinating optical illusions show how color can trick the eye http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/669525/s/43de843c/sc/17/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cwonkblog0Cwp0C20A150C0A20C270C120Efascinating0Eoptical0Eillusions0Eshow0Ehow0Ecolor0Ecan0Etrick0Ethe0Eeye0C/story01.htm

Wired

Huffpo Reactions to Patricia Arquette speech Patricia Arquette Net Worth: 24 million Meryl Streep: 65 million Hillary Clinton: 21.5 million Jennifer Lopez: 300 million Oprah Winfrey: 3 billion Ethan Hawke: 45 million Common: 35 million Most politically charged Oscar moments … Continue reading →

“he chose, on that night to plumb the depths of Christian experience, to resemble not the heroes of His army but the very weakest camp followers and unfits;”

Joe Biden

Washington Post “It is not so much the size of the gap between the rich and poor that drives segregation,” they write, “as the ability of the super-wealthy to isolate and wall themselves off from the less well-to-do.” The interesting … Continue reading →

Colossian Forum If Jesus reveals the eternal Logos to be the action of love that unites and harmonizes creatures, then the Fall refers to an a-logical, irrational, unloving way of being in the world. Maximus says as much in his … Continue reading →