Tag Archives: mother teresa

return on investment: kabul estates

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Dave

The problem with the concept of the word evil, is that it resembles a black hole, a field that stretches toward infinity. The world is short of many things, but the supply of evil-doers and their willingness to act is … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Christopher Hitchens, Gene Wilder, Hamid Karzai, Hieronymous Bosch, John Major, Malcolm Muggeridge, mother teresa, Norman Parkinson photography | Leave a comment

heresies of dilution:why the fuss?

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Dave

Kind of a cute piece by Elizabeth Renzetti anything that questions the absolute divinity of J.C. is always an attention getter. And it is amusing to see how he has been appropriated within the context of presidential elections and various … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Ariel Sabar, Benvenuto Cellini, Cellini, Christopher Hitchens, Dan Brown, Dan Brown The Da Vinci Code, doug saunders globe and mail, Dr. King Harvard Theological Review, Elizabeth Renzetti, Harold Bloom American religion, Karen L. King, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Martin Scorcese, mother teresa, Schmuley Boteach, Titian portrait Francois I, Titian portraits, Titien | Leave a comment

divine claims from the secular spirits

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Dave

Guides for the perplexed? The narcissism of small differences? Christopher Hitchens did write a book called Be Prepared for the Worst. So, even in an atheist like Hitchens there is a little ping somewhere. There is a famous quote by … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Chaim Soutine, chaim weizmann, Christopher Hitchens, Clement Greenberg, e.p. sanders, isaac deutscher, Jackson Pollock, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marc Chagall, Martin Buber, mother teresa, Pablo Picasso, rabbi pinchas scheinberg, Rosa Luxemburg | Leave a comment

hitchens guide to the galaxy

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Dave

To many, he might not be missed, but he left few indifferent. A collision of atheism out of the academy and into the real world. He might have done for atheism what Marcel Duchamp did for art, except in reverse: … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Baruch Spinoza, Charlie Rose, Christopher Hitchens, Friedrich Nietzsche, G.K. Chesterton, Harold Bloom, Marcel Duchamp, Martin Buber, mother teresa, Richard Dawkins, Salman Rushdie, Sam Harris, shmuley boteach | Leave a comment

the masks we wear

Posted on June 5, 2011 by tai

Guest blog by Tai Carmen at Parallax. Parallax: exploring the architecture of human imagination. Tai Carmen: A mask of gold hides all deformities.” Thomas Dekker “Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.” John Dryden “Pride is the mask we … Continue reading →