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This morning I rose and read the “sermon of the day” before I went to church, and sure enough, another highfalutin sermon on the Good Samaritan. For those who are not Christian, this is one of Jesus’ stories about a man beaten by robbers who was helped by a passerby who belonged to a rival […]
By Jefferson Flanders It’s hard to write a credible historical spy thriller. You have to get the history right while fashioning a narrative that will keep the reader turning the page. Writing a literary historical spy thriller is even harder: you need to balance believable characters, well-crafted prose, and a consideration of larger themes while […]
Well obviously they suck because of the stupidity concerning the opening ceremony. While just about every other major country carried it live, we in the US had it tape delayed for prime time. Worse still, it was edited. The march into the stadium by the athletes was a ˜hack job’. Just because a country only […]
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