Jurgen Hauerwas is back

My semi-hiatus from this blog is likely to continue until after I get married this winter. But I had to come out of hibernation to note that my favorite speculative-theology parody blog (and likely yours), ΨΕΥΔΟΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΑ, is back after an even longer time away. I'm sure the whole town of Tübingen, NC is proud.

The evolving evolution conversation

Encouraging news on the faith-and-evolution front from James McGrath, recently one of my favorite bloggers: Campus Crusade at Butler, where he teaches, has decided to uninvite the faux-credentialed creationist Willie Dye to campus, noting that they'd still like to host conversations on the subject but would prefer to do so with academically serious, qualified participants. Good for them.

And, via James, here's an informative video about the Alien Intervention Institute. You say that sounds like a controversial organization? I say Teach the Controversy!

Sullivan's "Dear President Bush" letter

Andrew Sullivan, perhaps the most prominent media critic of President Bush's who was originally an enthusiastic supporter, is calling on Bush to take responsibility for the U.S. torture regime as a means of moving forward. He's doing it by way of a lengthy "epistle" addressed to the former president and published in the new Atlantic. Worth a read if you've got the time.

Mmm, starch and salt and oil and air

Karen Olsson, in the incomparable Texas Monthly, asks the question I've spent much of my life pondering.

Via.

Behind "You Lie!"

Like most people, I tend to think Saturday Night Live was funniest when I was ~18 years old. I haven't watched it on TV in years--but I have admired a lot of its political humor when I've seen clips on the internets.

This one's particularly good, for at least two reasons:

• It's really silly.
• It's a funny premise about a political story--but it isn't itself particularly political.

Enjoy:

Good and bad news from the places-I-live-or-have-lived food front

Good: double food stamps at my neighborhood farmers market.

Good: more good-food PR from the feds.

Bad: apparently mega dairy farming is destroying my home state's water supply. Mmm, destructive status quo no one supports but not enough people will stand up to...

Long time no blog

Moving! Work! School! Wedding planning! One million out-of-town houseguests! Ahh!

See you on the other side. Meanwhile, link blogging continues unabated.