Monthly Archives: January 2006

Voice on Fundamentalist Ecumenism

January 8, 2006 – 12:00 am
Writing for the Voice, the alumni magazine of Bob Jones University, Mark Sidwell recounts an exchange between a potential hire for the theology faculty and Bob Jones, Sr., the eponymous founder of the fundamentalist school: When Dr. Jones Sr. wrote to Brokenshire, asking him whether as a Presbyterian he would be able to teach students of [...]
By filosofo | Posted in Bob Jones University, Fundamentalism | 5 comments

Miscellany, Friends and Family

January 5, 2006 – 11:47 pm
For the Christmas holidays we visited our families in Tennessee and South Carolina. First is a picture of Melita, Becca, Steve, and Lianna making Christmas cookies. It started with Lianna’s headless cookie, and then we got increasingly … uh, creative, as we expanded to cookie mutants and household appliances. Funny how those [...]
By filosofo | Posted in Boston | 3 comments

Independence Air Folds Wings

January 2, 2006 – 2:09 pm
Independence Air announced today that it’s going bankrupt. I’ve bought a number of tickets on their comfortable planes, especially when I could fly a thousand miles for $89. According to George Will the airline industry has lost money for the last sixty years. Where have we gone wrong?
By filosofo | Posted in Airlines, Travel | 3 comments