Dr, Francis Collins, author of “The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief”, will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work as “director of the National Human Genome Research Institute is being honored for his leadership of the Human Genome Project and for greatly expanding the understanding of the human DNA.”
Sim City is known to many as a computer simulation game that allows players to build the cities of their dreams. While the game can be addicting, it is certainly true that the Sim City designers have assumed a particular set of largely materialistic values into the game. That will now change with the introduction of Sim City Societies that will allow the game players to choose from a wider assortment of value systems.
A note from Bishop Barbara Harris, who was the subject of a long stream of erroneously-directed abuse yesterday on the Web site Stand Firm in
A study of optimism and financial behavior and optimism by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business finds that a little optimism leads to prudent behavior, but too much optimism leads to some pretty stupid behaviors.
This is the depth of the liturgy. It is the presence of angels, archangels, the kingdom of heaven, earth and its people, the whole of creation, and the Creator, too. It is an all-embracing drama, a meeting-place of the earthly and the heavenly.
Bishop Barbara Harris, whom we’ve been in touch with this evening, has not visited San Francisco in several years. Pay a visit here to find out why that is relevant. There’s being wrong, and then there’s being recklessly and maliciously wrong. This is the latter. An apology will no doubt ensue. The question is whether reputable conservative thinkers will continue to associate themselves with this Web site.