The stone which Jacob consecrated at Bethel the generation of the living continues to anoint, paying the tithes which of old he vowed to the house of God there.
Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.
People live longer today than they ever have. They live happier lives, have more knowledge, more information. All this is the result of communications technology. How is any of that bad?
Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in which fragmented knowledge must be coordinated.
For many decades now - and certainly during my adult life in academe - the Western intellectual world has not been convinced that theology is a pursuit that can be engaged in with intellectual honesty and integrity.
Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life.
Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex issues to face here: private ownership vs. open source, and so on.
Our robots are signing up for online learning. After decades of attempts to program robots to perform complex tasks like flying helicopters or surgical suturing, the new approach is based on observing and recording the motions of human experts as the...
Our role is to develop techniques that allow us to provide emergency life-saving procedures to injured patients in an extreme, remote environment without the presence of a physician.
So without that Canadian invention we were grounded. And so that was a really important and key part of the mission and Canadians should take real pride in it.
The Chinese have done some extraordinary things in terms of the investments they've made in alternative sources of energy.
When you have a big, ugly problem, there's never going to be a neat, elegant solution that is totally painless or without a cost.
I have always tried to live by the philosophy that when there is a big problem that needs fixing, you should run towards it, rather than away from it.
The most pressing and significant problems in the global economy are unsustainable structural issues with regard to the E.U. - fiscal deficits and the structure of the E.U. itself.
For decades, Indians have immigrated to the United States, joined our communities, and raised their families while maintaining their cultural heritage.
The U.S. and China need to take steps - mostly individually, sometimes together - that will have the mutually beneficial effect of supporting and sustaining economic growth.
Foreclosure is to no one's benefit. I've heard estimates that mortgage investors lose 40 to 50 percent on their investment if it goes into foreclosure.
Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.
Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment.
Global actions require local and national participation. International cooperation and action requires community perspectives and legitimacy if it is to be effective.
I'll read, and then I'll take naps. When I feel sleep coming on, I give in and don't fight it.
