This article seeks to weigh the influence, near mythical influence, of Joe Paterno over the way the Penn State commmunity has identified itself over the past several decades. It does so in view of the uneasy suspicion that the power Paterno wielded may have been used to cover horrific evils instead of being used to rescue young boys. It does so without judgment about Paterno's, or other Penn State officials' specific guilt, in the recent scandal. It does suggest there has been something unhealthy about the kind of influence Paterno has had and suggests the Penn State community may not be willing to face the facts of the case, or least not face them in the same way as it conceives of the school's identity.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
What gods do we reject in Baptism?
This article makes a compelling case to make the oaths (and timing!) of baptism a matter a serious consideration.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
History of the Despising of History
The contempt for the past and fascination only with the present began a long time ago.
~ Henry Ford, Interview in Chicago Tribune, May 25th, 1916US automobile industrialist (1863 - 1947)
"History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we made today. "
~ Henry Ford, Interview in Chicago Tribune, May 25th, 1916US automobile industrialist (1863 - 1947)
Importance of the Imagination by Kevin Bauder (10 Part Series)
http://sharperiron.org/article/importance-of-imagination-part-1
http://sharperiron.org/article/importance-of-imagination-part-2
http://sharperiron.org/article/importance-of-imagination-part-3
http://sharperiron.org/article/importance-of-imagination-part-4
http://sharperiron.org/article/importance-of-imagination-part-5
http://sharperiron.org/article/importance-of-imagination-part-6
http://sharperiron.org/article/importance-of-imagination-part-7
http://sharperiron.org/article/importance-of-imagination-part-8
http://sharperiron.org/article/importance-of-imagination-part-9
http://www.sharperiron.org/article/importance-of-imagination-part-10
http://sharperiron.org/article/importance-of-imagination-part-2
http://sharperiron.org/article/importance-of-imagination-part-3
http://sharperiron.org/article/importance-of-imagination-part-4
http://sharperiron.org/article/importance-of-imagination-part-5
http://sharperiron.org/article/importance-of-imagination-part-6
http://sharperiron.org/article/importance-of-imagination-part-7
http://sharperiron.org/article/importance-of-imagination-part-8
http://sharperiron.org/article/importance-of-imagination-part-9
http://www.sharperiron.org/article/importance-of-imagination-part-10
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