Early maps of America

Two obscure 16th-century German scholars named the American continent and changed the way people thought about the world: The Waldseemüller Map: Charting the New World, by Toby Lester, Smithsonian magazine, December 2009.

Monopoly games never end

Some Monopoly games never end. Some folks at Cornell have explained why and estimated the probability that a game will never end as approximately 12 percent.

For the Fourth Day of Christmas

Here is a photo of our white Christmas and a poem about the modern view of Advent and Christmas.

Do Whatever He Tells You

The November, 2009, issue of First Things has a statement by Evangelicals and Catholics Together on the Blessed Virgin Mary: Do Whatever He Tells You.

It discusses the most important and widely accepted points about Mary and also includes some comments (from the Evangelical perspective) about important Catholic beliefs.

Mike Wise on Tiger Woods

Drawing on his own experience, Mike Wise, in his column Saturday, makes the following observation:

Tiger Woods has an emotional void in his life. This void must be huge. For him to be where he is today, this deep emptiness must have consumed him, must be something he has been living with for a long time.

What can fill that void?

The most satisfying answer would be God.