life a miracle

I'll be the first to admit that this essay may be a bit disorganized. But hey, there's a reason why I'm an engineering major.

http://leaderu.com/theology/irrational_faith.html

peter singer

This past Sunday, I had a pretty long conversation with Pastor Matt at one of the tables outside Panera. Towards the end of our conversation, a girl sitting at the next table leaned over, looked at Pastor Matt, and asked "are you Peter Singer by any chance?"

Haha, freshmen are so funny. Anyway, Pastor Matt had to explain to her that no, he was quite the opposite. I'm sure he was flattered, regardless.

income

Here's an interesting picture (taken from http://rodrik.typepad.com/dani_rodriks_weblog/2008/03/american-politi.html). Basically, under Republican presidents income disparity has a tendency to increase, and vice versa for Democratic presidents. And income increases more overall under Democratic presidents.

The book which the article references apparently goes to great lengths to demonstrate why this difference isn't a fluke. Pretty interesting (written by a Princeton professor, too).