Quote of the Day

For the most part, your television is not consciously attempting to alter your political beliefs. It is mainly transmitting an ethos in which greed is not only bad but the main wellspring of evil, authority figures of all kinds are often untrustworthy, sexual freedom is absolute, and social equality of all kinds is paramount. Within the moral universe of this culture, the merits of these values are self-evident. But to the large bloc of America that does not share this ethos, it looks like a smug, self-perpetuating collusion against them.

Source: Jonathan Chait, "The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy Is on Your Screen" New York Magazine. 19 August 2012.  Accessed 23 August 2012. Available: http://nymag.com/news/features/chait-liberal-movies-tv-2012-8/

 

On Liberty

So often when people look back at history they think to themselves how much more progressive (ie. better) they are than their ancestors.  Well, apparently our ancestors had that perspective as well.

"What these rules should be is the principal question in human affairs..Not two ages, and scarcely any two countries, have decided it alike; and the decision of one age or country is a wonder to another. Yet the people of any given age and country no more suspect any difficulty in it than if it were a subject on which mankind had always been agreed.  The rules which obtain among themselves appear to them self-evident and self-justifying. This all but universal illusion is one the examples of the magical influence of custom."

-   J.S. Mill

Source:   J.S. Mill, On Liberty. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., (1859), 1978, p.5.

Prayer

In all my affairs may I distinguish between duty and anxiety, and may my character and not my circumstances chiefly engage me.

Source: Valley of Vision, p. 78

Quote of the Day

“As a carnivore biologist, it’s cool."  Stephanie Dloniak says. “But as a homeowner with two kids, lions in my flower bed are a problem.”
Source: Lions invade wealthy Nairobi suburb. The Toronto Star.  29 April 2012. Accessed 29 April 2012. Available: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1168554--lions-invade-wealthy-nairobi-suburb?bn=1

1 Timothy 6:17-19

As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty or riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. They are to do good, to be rich, in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

1 Timothy 6:17-19

He is Risen!

Christ is Risen!

Palash R. Ghosh on the lottery.


Playing the lottery is practically a religion among poor people in the United States. It is yet another corrosive addiction that preys upon the greed and hopeless dreams of those trapped in poverty.

A survey by Opinion Research Corporation for the Consumer Federation of America and the Financial Planning Association, revealed that one-fifth (21 percent) of people surveyed thought the lottery was a practical way to accumulate wealth.

Source: Palash R. Ghosh, "Mega Millions Lottery: A Curse And Plague On The Poor" International Business Times. 29 March 2012. Accessed 31 March 2012: Available: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/321601/20120329/lottery-mega-millions-state-new-york-poverty.htm