–Today is the Feast of the Annunciation; here are some thoughts on that. BLS also has one of her outstanding musical offerings for the day.
–John Piper, theological nihilist?
–Catholics are “more supportive of legal recognitions of same-sex relationships than members of any other Christian tradition and Americans overall.”
–How to live without a mobile phone.
–A proposal for a vegan-omnivore alliance against factory farms. Related: Mark Bittman on prospects for laws protecting farm animals.
–A semi-defense of B.R. Myers’ anti-foodie polemic.
–On the anniversary of Bishop Oscar Romero’s assassination.
–Washington, D.C.’s black majority slips away. Related: the percentage of the nation’s black population living in the South has hit its highest point in fifty years.
–An interesting blog I recently discovered: Marginal Utility, hosted at PopMatters; it covers the culture of work and technology from a leftish perspective.
–Why is media coverage of Africa so unrelentingly negative?
–The Lutheran theology journal Dialog currently has its Spring 2011 issue available free online; it includes some reflections on Carl Braaten’s recently released memoir, which apparently (and not surprisingly) has some harsh words for the ELCA. Added later: Here’s another take on the Braaten autobiography from last year.
–Let the D.C. beer renaissance begin.
Added even later: Gateways to Geekery: Kurt Vonnegut.
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