Via Michael Dougherty. Mother Jones has a profile of “Christian-libertarian-environmentalist-lunatic farmer” Joel Salatin. Two relevant quotes: In Joel?s view, the reformation of our food economy begins with people going to the trouble and expense of buying directly from farmers they know??relationship marketing,? the approach he urges in his recent book, Holy Cows and Hog Heaven: […]
Posted on May 9th, 2006 by admin
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The following is a response that the editors of Comment asked me to write following their series on Neocalvinism. It is slated to appear to in the June print issue of the journal. Perhaps I am a skeptic at heart. Of the four essays published, I found myself agreeing most with Daniel Knauss’ emphatic “No!” […]
Posted on May 8th, 2006 by admin
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The Giro (the Tour of Italy) begins this weekend, with what appears to be the toughest parcours in several years. There will be several interesting story lines to follow: * CSC’s Ivan Basso will be attempting to win both the Giro and the Tour de France, a double that has not been achieved in the […]
Posted on May 3rd, 2006 by admin
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Slate‘s Jacob Weisburg details the political hypocrisy (from both sides of the aisle) following the latest rise in oil prices. He notes that Republicans are currently questioning free market principles (ordering an investigation into price gouging, despite the fact an investigation last year turned up nothing but good old capitalism was at work) while Democrats […]
Posted on April 27th, 2006 by admin
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Do you get the sense I’m making up for two weeks without a post? I will be organizing another alleycat, in conjunction with this summer’s Bike Fest, the Rallycat Pittsburgh. I’m trying something different this time, a longer distance race, where I’ll release the manifest in the weeks before the event, giving participants plenty of […]
Posted on April 25th, 2006 by admin
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The journal Comment has been running a series on the merits, or lack thereof, of Neocalvinism. Dan Knauss, of the New Pantagruel, says no to the movement, and his criticisms, especially regarding the rather thin ecclesiology of many members of the movement, are worth reading. Jamie Smith, of Radical Orthodoxy fame, says maybe to Neocalvinists […]
Posted on April 25th, 2006 by admin
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President Bush announced that the government will investigate the possibility of price-gouging by oil companies and offer a plan to cut fuel costs. Most interestingly, in the same speech, Bush said: Our addiction to oil is a matter of national security concern…[The U.S. should] follow suit on what we have been emphasizing, particularly through the […]
Posted on April 25th, 2006 by admin
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Dave provided these shots taken outside Tazzo d’Oro in Highland Park (though, since he’s in many of the photos, I’m not sure who actually shot them).
Posted on April 13th, 2006 by admin
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I live also with a sense of profound ambiguity. I can’t do without tradition, but I have to recognize its institutionalization is the root of an evil deeper than any evil I could have known with my unaided eyes and mind.
Posted on April 12th, 2006 by admin
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The race went off without much trouble today. The day started cloudy and a bit on the cold side (which reminded me that, perhaps, I should have a picked a spring classics theme, featuring the worst cobbles the city has, in honor of the Tour of Flander and Paris-Roubaix), and I absoutely froze at the […]
Posted on April 10th, 2006 by admin
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