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Turns out that “testamentum” is St. Jerome’s translation of the Greek διαθήκη, which can mean either “covenant” or “will,” and which the Septuagint uses to translate the Hebrew b’rith.
Archive for May, 2009
May 26th, 2009
This might be the funniest blog post headline ever. (And a great post as well).
May 26th, 2009
There actually is one non-laughable argument against Sotomayor — but advancing it will also reveal that she’s a very good judge.
May 26th, 2009
Category: Law Notes, Watching Conservatives
The Supreme Court is not final because they it is infallible; it is infallible only because it is final.
May 26th, 2009
Category: Uncategorized
The Obama Administration announced today that it is reorganizing White House homeland security operations. Aside from creating a vague and kooky new “Global Engagement Directorate” in the White House to “drive comprehensive engagement policies” at home and abroad (whatever that means), it’s predictable stuff. The biggest change: The old White House Homeland Security Council staff [...]
May 26th, 2009
The greatest woman in the world is someone no one would have expected a decade ago.
May 26th, 2009
Category: Torture
A conservative talk show host undergoes elective friendly waterboarding to show it’s not torture and nevertheless concludes that he was wrong and it is torture.
May 25th, 2009
Category: Uncategorized
Mike has a piece in the Washington Monthly about the experience of being the subject of someone else’s obsession.
May 24th, 2009
Category: Health Care, Spirituality and Religion
A travel report from the Valley of the Shadow: written just about nine years ago.