Recent Comments

1. about 13 years ago on Doonesbury

   Who is Len Taylor?

2. almost 14 years ago on Doonesbury

   The composer Samuel Barber was gay, but served in the Military during WW II.

   I guess the policy then was “Ask, but don’t tell”.

3. almost 14 years ago on Doonesbury

   From my research on the web, it looks like the removal of the name Zonker Harris day happened two years ago, but it appears now that the festival is called “Ze Who Is Not To Be Named”, which very aptly conveys the ridiculousness of Wesleyan having forced the name removal.

   I would say that what was not stupid was the festival’s name. What was stupid were Wesleyan’s administration and ResLife’s actions.

4. about 14 years ago on Gasoline Alley

   Not good.

5. almost 15 years ago on Dick Tracy

   Which Respighi works?

6. about 15 years ago on Dick Tracy

   Most Tracy names have some meaning. I cannot for the life of me figure out what Karen Enen means.

7. over 15 years ago on Gasoline Alley

   JanCinVV

   So what is wrong with the Old Testament?

   Actually, it is part of the Writings, which were not made part of scripture until after 100 CE (AD).

   Interesting, it is the Haftarah portion read on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. The reason it is read is precisely for the message that Upton cites today, the forgiveness of The Lord.

   sjl

8. over 15 years ago on Gasoline Alley

   Response to Joe Allen Doty:

   Actually, during Jesus’ day, there was an “Old Testament”, consisting of the Pentateuch, the first 5 books of Moses (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy) and the books in the current Old Testament that are bundled together in the Hebrew Scripture (but not the Christian Old Testament) as The Prophets (the Books of The Writings were not to to be canonized for another 100 years). The Pentateuch had already been translated into Greek as the Septuagint.

   For further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanakh

   sjl