Etymology sidenote- http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=Jewish&searchmode=none there are two whole pages here, one interesting bit of trivia states that “Jewish immigrants, ignorant of writing with the Latin alphabet, signed their entry forms with a circle, eschewing the “X” as a sign of Christianity.” The yid word for circle is ‘kikel’. I have used the ‘X’ before and never gave it much …
Michael: Tua famiglia. Your family’s still called Corleone. And you’ll run it like a Corleone. Frankie: My family doesn’t eat here, doesn’t eat in Las Vegas…and doesn’t eat in Miami…with Hyman Roth! Michael: Frankie…You’re a good old man. And I like you. And you were loyal to my father for years. Frankie: The Rosato brothers. …
Very interesting and detailed profiles of various religious traditions, outlining everything from how many kids one has, education levels , location, race, gender %’s, income levels. Much of this wasn’t terribly surprising, but a few things were-the blog cut off the tables for these categories but if you go to the site you can see …
http://www.peterkreeft.com/audio.htm It would appear Kreeft is an orthodox Catholic, in the tradition of Mel Gibson’s dad- Apparently he is also a surfer(!?) His writing differs from a lot of material that I have seen having to do with spirituality, God, etc., creative, looking at things from new angles, using metaphor- but not in a spaced …
The Spoils of War 