“AI and All Its Splendors.” I continue my mulling on AI and its underlying temptations in this lengthy essay for Christianity Today.
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John Milton Ralston sadly passed away on Dec 30, 2024 in Salem, OR. John was born on May 10, 1948 to Lucille Toman (nee Newman) and Milton Ralston in...
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The poet John Milton said 'Let and falsehood grapple,' believing that truth would triumph. The contest is no longer equal."
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This is the fifth article in the “Tabula Rasa” series. Read Volumes One, Two, Three, and Four. Bleb. “Bleb” is worth eight points in Scrabble.
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In The Devil's Advocate, Keanu Reeves is torn between good and evil.
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The Supreme Court in Eisenstadt v. Baird (1978) upheld the rights of unmarried people to contraceptives, but one justice noted the case also had a free...
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Dark Brilliance: The Age of Reason: From Descartes to Peter the Great. by Paul Strathern. Pegasus Books 2025. Paul Strathern looks at the so-called Age of...
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As the devilish lawyer John Milton in the 1997 film “The Devil's Advocate,” Al Pacino famously explained to his protégé why he chose to incarnate as an...
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Shouts & Murmurs by Zoe Pearl: Since reading isn't our strong suit, let's skip talking about the book that was recommended by a hot movie star and just eat...
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In your story “Ming,” a poet named Thadeus inherits a Chinese artifact worth millions of dollars from a man he knew very briefly years earlier.
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