Day: March 16, 2004

Airplanes and Embryos

Sometimes, when I’m strapped in my seat, a strange body close on either side of me, two hundred of us altogether packaged like eggs in

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The Sound of Silence

Now that The Passion of the Christ is playing in the theaters, we can reflect a moment on how it played in the culture prior

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God and On-Star

Marvel once again at the ingenuity of the television and radio commercial writers. You’ve heard the General Motors On-Star ads. A woman is in her

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John J. Timmerman: 1908-2004

John J. Timmerman was a father, grandfather, great-grandfather, friend, a teacher’s teacher, a master stylist, a fine literary critic, a good and fair-minded chairman, a

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Beirut Challenge

“Call Lewis Scudder,” the late-April memo read. He “says he has a really neat idea” to share with you. My dear friend lives in Limassol,

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Following the Leader

With the proliferation of books today on the subject of leadership, it’s no wonder that some of us feel overwhelmed and confused by all the

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