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P.Z. Myers has a truly absurd attack on a recent post by Jennifer Fulwiler . I was interested in the fact that he seemed to try to contradi...

If any man attempt to speak of God, let him first describe the bounds of the earth. You dwell on the earth, and the limit of this earth whic...

A very famous passage in the Talmud (Hagigah 14b) tells us that four sages entered Pardes: Ben Azai, Ben Zoma, Aher, and Akiba. All four wer...

To A Gentleman And Lady On The Death Of The Lady’s Brother And Sister, And A Child Of The Name Of Avis, Aged One Year by Phillis Wheatley ...

No Poet He alone is Shahanshah who speaks the butterfly; the poet strives, and hopes to be, such a king before he dies. To be a poet thi...

Getting Spring Break off sounds nice in theory, but as a teacher the reality is that it can easily become just another long pile of work and...

The Changeling by James Russell Lowell I had a little daughter, And she was given to me To lead me gently backward To the Heavenly Fat...