HEPA Vacuum Cleaner Orphaned by Miele
The Miele S184 PowerHouse HEPA vacuum cleaner has been orphaned by Miele. They no longer produce the HEPA filter that this model requires. Those of us who spent big bucks not many years ago are now stuck with a machine…
Jilted
I loved my country. For nearly seventy years — since I was old enough to love my country. And now she’s done this to me. That Morning 40 Years Ago
More mistakes about ‘mistakes’ and moral choices: Laura Harner
Having been caught out for publishing plagiarized novels (http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/28/prolific-romantic-fiction-writer-exposed-as-a-plagiarist?CMP=share_btn_fb ), Laura Harner used the “M” word euphemism. ‘Responding to the Guardian in a statement, Harner said she realised she had “made mistakes”. “I own them, and I will deal with…
The Word According to Red Smith
Helsinki Olympics, 1952: On the fifth day of boisterous combat, this conclave of gristle had achieved a climax with the second bid for a gold medal by the comical contortionist Emil Zatopek. Four years ago, this gaunt and grimacing Czech…
More Mistakes about ‘Mistake’: Haslem, Farmer, and the Browns
Cleveland.com quotes Jimmy Haslem, “”Ray Farmer knows and has (said to the Browns) he made a mistake in sending those texts.” Come on! If Farmer meant to text person x and punched in the wrong number while distracted by the…
Christian Reformed Church and Big Business
The CRC has not always been in bed with big business: Christian Reformed Tradition Regarding Big Business
Christianity, human origins and sin
An interesting new discussion is occurring concerning the historicity of Adam and Eve and how important it might be for Christian doctrine to insist that they were historical persons. Many Christians are OK these days with accepting the science of…
Henry Ford, the (non-TV) Waltons, and Economic Justice
Very good column about wages and society’s economic wellbeing that my wife Lynn found in The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/29/walmart-downton-abbey-worker-inequality?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487). Prompts me to put forward for consideration an economic argument that I’m not sure I’ve seen anywhere but probably just don’t remember…
Review: the new Cleveland Plain Dealer e-edition
July 13, 2013 Evaluating/reviewing the new e-edition (online version) of the Cleveland Plain Dealer: Great idea. I understand the economics are driving in this direction. And I like seeing the “real paper” better than just the lists of articles as…