A La Carte (8/20)

  • Tim Challies
  • 08/20/10
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Olasky vs Wallis - Denny Burk is covering an interesting story: “Marvin Olasky reports for World Magazine that Jim Wallis’ Sojourners  group has been receiving funding from George Soros—the billionaire leftist who has financed groups promoting abortion, atheism, and same-sex marriage. Anyone who has paid any attention at all to Wallis’ leftward commitments shouldn’t be surprised that Soros might be interested in beefing up Sojourner’s bottom-line.”

Illustrated Guide to a Ph.D. - I enjoyed this brief, illustrated guide to a Ph.D. (HT:TW)

The Clash of Civilizations - I think Ayaan Hirsi Ali gets a lot right in this article when she says “What do the controversies around the proposed mosque near Ground Zero, the eviction of American missionaries from Morocco earlier this year, the minaret ban in Switzerland last year, and the recent burka ban in France have in common? All four are framed in the Western media as issues of religious tolerance. But that is not their essence. Fundamentally, they are all symptoms of what the late Harvard political scientist Samuel Huntington called the ‘Clash of Civilizations,’ particularly the clash between Islam and the West.”

How to Turn Off Facebook Places - Facebook Places is a new feature that allows you (or your friends) to track your current location. In some cases that is not a good thing. So if you’d like to disable it, here’s how.

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Comments (4)

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a comment from T. Graham • 08/20 @ 9:19am

I don’t think there is a need to turn places off as one must check-in at a place to be seen in the first place. You cannot make Facebook tell you where a certain friend is.

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a comment from Tim Z. • 08/20 @ 9:58am

Olasky vs Wallis. Pick your poison. Both should be avoided. Wallis for obvious reasons, but WORLD magazine for their involvement with BioLogos.

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a comment from Mike Garner • 08/20 @ 2:00pm

“but WORLD magazine for their involvement with BioLogos.”

So this would be kind of like avoiding John Piper because Piper invites Warren to speak at his conference, right?

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a comment from Tim • 08/20 @ 2:43pm

I don’t think there is a need to turn places off as one must check-in at a place to be seen in the first place. You cannot make Facebook tell you where a certain friend is.

Yes, but your Friends can check you in, if I understand correctly. So unless you disable their ability to do that, you may find that your friends are telling others more about yourself than you might like.