Archive for June, 2010

Martha Graham’s Appalachian Spring

Monday, June 28th, 2010

Appalachian Spring Premiered 1944 Choreographed by Martha Graham Original Score by Aaron Copland This part contains the following movements of the piece: 1st movement: Very slowly. Introduction of the characters, one by one, in a suffused light. 2nd movement: Fast. Sudden burst of unison strings in A major arpeggios starts the action. A sentiment both [...]

No Self Respect?

Monday, June 28th, 2010

Elizabeth Edwards: I wonder if she’ll take responsibility for presenting the public with a lie, in the hopes of achieving political power? Ouch!

Selfishness

Monday, June 28th, 2010

Wow: Under the headline “I formula fed. So what?”, Kathryn Blundell says in this month’s Mother & Baby that she bottlefed her child from birth because “I wanted my body back. (And some wine)… I also wanted to give my boobs at least a chance to stay on my chest rather than dangling around my [...]

A Time for Choosing

Monday, June 28th, 2010

Remembered. Do not miss the Uncommon Knowledge series with Mark Steyn and Rob Long hosted by Peter Robinson — links at the bottom of Scott Johnson’s thoughts above.

We Should Be Concerned

Monday, June 28th, 2010

Losing our edge in science: I work for a very large high tech company. I presently manage a research team in the corporate lab. The problem is that there is no encouragement for American non-minority males to go into science and engineering because we will almost never hire them. Instead we are being forced to [...]

Tea Party Simple Logic Shines!

Monday, June 28th, 2010

Trace Urdan: Last Friday I picked up my son from baseball camp and we went to the Dept. of Health to get a copy of his birth certificate to prove his age for the All-Star team. After I filled out the form and gave the woman my debit card, my son said, “Why do we [...]

Will the California Nurses Association Protect These Nurses?

Monday, June 28th, 2010

We shall see: The state’s Board of Registered Nursing has discovered that some 3,500 of its nurses have been punished for misconduct by other states — hundreds even had their licenses revoked — while maintaining clean licenses in California. As many as 2,000 of these nurses now will face discipline in California, officials estimate. That’s [...]

Kids Need Dads

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

Believe me, I know. Dads, Don’t Go: But if fathers are necessary, they have to be completely involved in the lives of their children—and living at home with their children’s mothers. . . . When your first child is born, your life stops being about what you want and starts being about what they need. [...]

Agnus Dei

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

In the Image of God

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

Why we should love and help those who may not be “normal.” John Mark Reynolds: Our Creator did not endow us with the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness based on an SAT score. Christians dare not do so either.