Monthly Archives: February 2021

Did Our Elites Sell Us Out To China? (2-11-21)

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Luke Ford

00:00 Journalism vs academia 03:00 Journalist Lee Smith talks to Adam Townsend, https://www.pscp.tv/w/1RDGlPoPDaOGL 04:00 The deal that the American elite chose to make with China has a precedent in the history of Athens and Sparta, https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-thirty-tyrants https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-thirty-tyrants 05:00 Dooovid joins … Continue reading →

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The Thriving Business of Christian Prophecy And Its 2020 Embarrassments (2-11-21)

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Luke Ford

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Ford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.500577 (My dad’s second PhD thesis)

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Ravi Zacharias — Christian Apologist, Scholar Fraud & Sexual Philanderer (2-11-21)

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Luke Ford

https://ordinary-gentlemen.com/2017/11/13/the-christian-industrial-complex-shields-its-own/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Zacharias https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/02/09/ravi-zacharias-apologist-rzim-sexual-misconduct-lori-anne-thompson-spa/ https://www.tumblr.com/markblackham/109527094963/uppity-poppy-syndrome https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/opinion/65626235/eleanor-catton-should-speak-the-truth-as-she-sees-it

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Do we sufficiently love our thought leaders, our public intellectuals and our tall poppies?

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Luke Ford

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-thirty-tyrants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Smith_(journalist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/legacy/papers/lightman.html https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2017/07/11/why-academics-should-strive-be-public-intellectuals-not-thought-leaders-essay https://www.tumblr.com/markblackham/109527094963/uppity-poppy-syndrome https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/opinion/65626235/eleanor-catton-should-speak-the-truth-as-she-sees-it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Catton https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/bryce-edwards-the-politics-of-eleanor-catton-and-public-debate/BVQCOSPJJDJSYNKBE3WXIVZNKE/ https://medium.com/@maetl/land-of-the-wrong-white-clowns-f21b9908b856 https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/how-shallow-is-intellectual-life-in-new-zealand https://web.archive.org/web/20160202124242/http://www.metromag.co.nz/editors-blog/eleanor-catton-confronts-men-scythes/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/steve-braunias-the-secret-diary-of-eleanor-catton/ZASUTIJADV5ORUG3A4XHPJ2HBU/

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The Talmudic Quality of the Impeachment Trial (2-11-21)

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Luke Ford

https://forward.com/culture/463892/with-jewish-lawyers-on-each-side-interpreting-the-constitution-is-not/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/02/10/trump-lawyer-drinking-water/

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