Month April 2006

The Gnospel Of Judas

I’ve actually been fairly amused over the media hyperventilating precipitated by the “recent” “revelation” of the Gospel of Judas, a Gnostic text long thought lost to the vagaries of time, unearthed in 1978 and recently released for translation by the…

An Experiment

In the past, I’ve plunked links that I’ve thought to be interesting, but not interesting enough to blog about into my WordPress “Drafts” section, which resulted in general chaos in my blog admin section, a situation that I’ve previously sought…

“Solving” Problems, Philadelphia-Style

I sometimes find myself wondering whether any elected official in the city of Philadelphia is still in full posession of their mental faculties, as their actions are virtually indistinguishable from those of certifiable crazy persons. Take, for instance, two recent…

United 93

I watched the trailer for United 93, the upcoming film that attempts to portray the events aboard United Airlines flight 93 on September 11, 2001. For those that don’t remember, Flight 93 was the plane intended for the White House…