And Thus, the Reformation

"Hier stehe ich. Ich kann nicht anders. Gott helfe mir. Amen."

New York's 26.2

“It’s like a Cecil DeMille movie." Alberto Salazar on NYC's Marathon

Oilers As a Kid; Titans As an Adult

Lifetime fan: from Houston's "Luv ya Blue" to Nashville's "Code Blue."

Umberto Eco the Book-Sniff

"How I love the smell of book ink in the morning."

Smothering Ideology

Durch Vernunfteln wird Poesie vertrieben. "Ratiocination drives Poetry away." --Johann Goethe

Nefarious Nice

"The enemies of the truth are always awfully nice." --Christopher Morely

McCain on Obama

"He has always been in the left lane of American politics."

Richard Steele on Contentiousness

"Undue controversies scorch up all true love and zeal, grieving peaceability."

Watts Eleventaried

From all dwelling below the skies
Let the Creator's praise arise.

Let the Redeemer's name be sung
Through lands, by every tongue.

Adore and tremble, for our God
He is a consuming fire.

Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
Does its successive journeys run.

To Jesus endless prayer be made,
Endless praises crown His head.

His name like sweet perfume shall rise
With every morning sacrifice.

Blessings abound where'er He reigns;
Prisoners leap and loose their chains.

Weary find eternal rest,
And all who suffer want are blest.

And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on His name.

Let every creature rise and bring
Honors peculiar to our King.

Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the loud amen!

When We Knew the VP Debate Was Over

"It's nice to meet you. Hey, can I call you Joe?"