The so-called Christmas holidays are really a rather complex thing – they are three different holidays happening simultaneously. WINTER SOLSTICE. This is certainly the first and oldest of the reasons to celebrate at this time of the year. Of course, […]
Howard Ahmanson
Aesthetics and “Property Values” Even Dethrone Technology
Aesthetics and “property values” even dethrone technology, one of the American gods! Related: LA Times: Court says cities have the right to bar telecommunications towers
A Water Conservation Tip
While we’re on water conservation, unofficial San Diego laureate Jason Mraz has some advice for us. Maybe Levi’s saw this, because Details magazine has a Levi”s ad with a guy peeing in a field. I will spare you that picture. […]
Creeping Lutheranism?
I have no interest in making my non-believing readers feel uncomfortable, but I did reserve a Theology category in this blog. And you may not understand everything I write about theology, but I hope you find it entertaining. My wife, […]
Lights in the Store Window
The lights in the store window look white, unfortunately, in this picture. But they are actually a sort of light blue. I know from being there at this time of year that the British love these light blue Christmas lights […]
How sweet is life when you live next to a celebrity in Malibu?
How sweet is life when you live next to a celebrity in Malibu? Outside Bob Dylan’s house, the answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind. That’s what some of the singer-songwriter’s neighbors are claiming in an increasingly onerous dispute… […]
New York is a Very Strange Place
Last week I had the pleasure of being in New York City for some events associated with the Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA). New York City has plenty of waterfront; most of it is on islands, and it occupies the […]
Real Men Do Ask for Directions, But…
A recent article in the Canadian magazine The Walrus [link] reminded me of the time I took an unscheduled tour of the Oakland ghetto because someone used the route planning of a GPS system instead of their own brain to […]
Palestine: More than one way to do a two-state solution.
Why does everyone assume that in order for there to be a two-state solution in Palestine, the Palestinian state has to include the entire pre-1967 West Bank? Why could they not just enlarge the current Palestinian zones considerably? You would […]
The Real Danger to the Faith
Last weekend the Wall Street Journal had a weekend feature on “Man vs. God” in which neither side defended the Biblical Christian faith. Back in the ‘70s there was a book called the Peter Principle that declared that people rose […]