Here's Something Cool

There is something (though not as much as people think) about the "life of the mind" as a graduate student. For example, I'm goiing to spend my evening here:

Are There Christian Foundations for Political Liberty?

“Let freedom ring” is one of the deep themes of American history. It is often considered that this emphasis on political freedom began when European Christendom ended. But does the rise of liberty and justice represent a triumph of human reason over Christian thought? Or are there uniquely Christian grounds for promoting political liberty?

NICHOLAS WOLTERSTORFF (A.B. Calvin College, Ph.D. Harvard University) is the Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale Divinity School. He is the author of Reason Within the Bounds of Religion, Until Justice and Peace Embrace, John Locke and Ethics of Belief, and several other books and articles on philosophy, aesthetics, religion and government.

rather than wathcing TV. That's pretty cool.