a book in which common-places, or notable or striking passages are noted; a book in which things especially to be remembered or referred to are recorded. The Unintended Reformation by Brad S. Detachment, Not Withdrawal- My Take on the Benedict Option. Philip Jenkins on the Reformation, both Protestant and Islamic.

History, despite its wrenching pain. Cannot be unlived, and if faced. With courage, need not be lived again. Maya Angelou, at the 1992 Inauguration, referring to slavery.

Musings of a crafty if self-critical academic. Wednesday, June 10, 2015. N, is particularly timely, as we are all thinking about Mesopotamian civilization in the light of the atrocities toward archaeological remains in Iraq and Syria of the terrorist group calling itself IS. Or at least we all should be. Sadly, many of the same people who celebrated the movie The Monuments Men.

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