Author: David Hume Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company In looking for something to read, I came across David Hume's Of the Liberty of the Press. While Hume and I disagree, for the most part, on the best form of government, I do agree with him on the importance of the press. …
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Review: Evolution Exposed
Author: Roger Patterson Publisher: Answers in Genesis One of the joys and duties parents have is to train up their children in the way they should go (Pro. 22:6). This training often comes in the form of conveying knowledge. Parents can train their children how to walk and eat; they can demonstrate the way a marriage …
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While I am more often than not researching books and their contents, I do every now and then venture out into the world of music. It is not that I do not like music - I actually play a handful of instruments and sing - but I sometimes find it distracting when I am writing …
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Translator: Benjamin R. Foster Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Among the lessor known epics of our world is a piece called the Epic of Gilgamesh or simply Gilgamesh. It is also considered the oldest epic ever found, although the Atrahasis and Enuma Elis are next up. Despite its age and origin, this epic still provides new insights today. The …
Problems of Convenience: A Modest Propsal
Author: Jonathan Swift Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Commentary Jonathan Swift, Irish by parentage but Englishman by citizenship, wrote A Modest Proposal in 1729. During the time he wrote this, there was great suffering in Ireland, and the English seemed to be at a loss as to how to deal with that problem. As the name might …
Madelyn Rose Craig 