Happy Independence Day!

God save the American States!

Austin Grossman on Joss Whedon as Director of "Avengers" Movie

The author of my favorite super-hero novel has a few interesting comments here.

If anyone could pull off a decent Avengers movie, it'd be Whedon.

More Barron on Dylan

Father Barron on "All Along the Watchtower"

Another really cool discussion with Father Robert Barron, this time he shares his interpretation of one of my all-time favorite songs:

Father Barron on "The Dark Knight" (Spoilers)

Interesting discussion about the Batman/Joker dynamic from Father Barron.

CIA Columbia Obama Cover Up

Another fascinating bit of craziness from Reverend Dwight David Manning, this time detailing a bit more about the supposed "treason trial" he is holding in May:

Todd Agnew - Our Great God featuring Rebecca St. James

Eternal God, unchanging
Mysterious and unknown
Your boundless love, unfailing
In grace and mercy shown

Bright seraphim in ceaseless flight around Your glorious throne
They raise their voices day and night in praise to You alone

Hallelujah, Glory be to our great God

Lord, we are weak and frail
Helpless in the storm
Surround us with Your angels
Hold us in Your arms

Our cold and ruthless enemy, his pleasure is our harm
Rise up, O Lord, and he will flee before our sovereign God

Let every creature in the sea and every flying bird
Let every mountain, every field and valley of the earth

Let all the moons and all the stars in all the universe
Sing praises to the living God who rules them by His word

RIP Antony Flew

Noted atheist-turned-theist Antony Flew dead at 87.

His conversion was somewhat controversial, as is his book, There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind. Richard Carrier certainly thinks so.

I read his book and enjoyed it for what it is, a rather subjective work about a man's eventual coming to faith after a lifetime of pondering. With him it was mostly a form of the argument from design, but as with most people, there's more to it than that. It's well worth following his trains of thought.

I also enjoyed reading the internet hysteria over his conversion. Just follow the links and google away. Is a man's death worth a few googles?

Either way, you know the truth now, old dude. Be seeing you.

I Love This Guy!

Wow.

Stossel: What is a Libertarian?

This is probably the best piece on libertarianism I have ever seen on television. Stossel does s superb job of exploring libertarian thought:











I'd say I am closer to P.J. O'Roarke than anyone else on this show in my general outlook, although any of them are advocating an improvement from the statist quo. I think libertarians could learn a lesson from the radicals of the past. Let's do it through incrementalism.

We need our radicals to hold out the edge, but we need our libertarian moderates to actively pursue policies and candidates that can win. I can see that happening when I watch shows like this and scan the various libertarian and classical liberal sites.

I also want my word "liberal" back, because that is all we really are. Liberal used to mean we who believe in LIBERTY, but today it means those who are liberal with other people's money.