A La Carte (11/13)

Women Fighting
Owen Strachan looks at women who fight and says “Femininity is a contested sphere nowadays, both literally and figuratively.”
Porn in Public
An article in the Washington Post deals with the phenomenon of public porn (or drive-by porn)—inadvertently seeing porn on another person’s portable device.
Christian Publishing
Allan Fisher, writing for Tabletalk Magazine, asks “Looking for things for which to thank the Lord this Thanksgiving? Start by asking this question: Where would my church be without Christian publishing companies?”
The Greatest Scot
STV is asking people to vote for the greatest Scot of all-time. Eric Liddell is in the running, as you might expect.

Comments (9)

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Anonymous's picture

I predict the porn in public thing will become more newsworthy once all the airlines start offering in-flight WiFi.

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Anonymous's picture

Oops. I should have read the article first. They talk about exactly that.

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Anonymous's picture

Where’s John Knox on that Great Scot list?

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Anonymous's picture

Eric Liddell is in the running? Nice pun, whether intended or not.

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Anonymous's picture

Great Scott!

Scottie from Star Trek.

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Anonymous's picture

Hoot Man! How about Alistair Begg?

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Anonymous's picture

Eric Liddell is in the **running**” ?!?!?!

My respect for you just increased 100-fold!!

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Anonymous's picture

The nominees for Greatest Scot:Arts and EntertainmentRobert Burns; Robert Louis Stevenson; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Charles Rennie Mackintosh; Lord John Reith; Billy Connolly; J K RowlingInventors and EntrepreneursJohn Law; Andrew Carnegie; Alexander Graham Bell; John Logie Baird; Sir William Burrell; Ann GloagLeaders and ThinkersSir William Wallace; Robert the Bruce; David Hume; Adam Smith; John MuirPeople’s ChoiceAlex Harvey; David Tennant; Sir William Alexander Smith; Annie Lennox; Sir Sean ConneryScientists and EngineersJoseph Lister; Sir James Young Simpson; James Clerk Maxwell; Sir William Arrol; Sir Alexander Fleming; Sir James Whyte BlackSportEric Henry Liddell; Jim Clark; Jock Stein; Sir Alex Ferguson; Liz McColgan; Sir Chris Hoy

The name John Knox is absent. Now if someone wants to vote David Tennant as Scotland’s greatest contribution to the world that’s their business, but Knox doesn’t even make the list. I couldn’t see any explanation for it either.

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Anonymous's picture

I hope Eric Liddell wins!!!!!! And you said he is “in the running”…an accidental pun?!!;)