Yes, that Eric Metaxas: Further to: Anything to get rid of fine tuning: “Reason and science compels us to see what previous generations could not: that our existence is an outrageous and astonishing miracle, one so startlingly and perhaps so disturbingly miraculous that it makes any miracle like the parting of the Red Sea pale in such insignificance that it almost becomes unworthy of our consideration, as though it were something done easily by a child, half-asleep. It is something to which the most truly human response is some combination of terror and wonder, of ancient awe, and childhood joy.” Eric Metaxas – Miracles – pages 55-56 See also:Copernicus, you are not going to believe who is using your name. Or Read More ›

Sounds that way: If you haven’t followed this story, you should. It’s the rare development in the news that you can feel almost entirely good about. Although TNR is a liberal journal, and not quite representative of my picture of reality, the staff is talented, and Wieseltier can be brilliant. If you haven’t read his column on Thomas Nagel’s book Mind & Cosmos, blasting “Darwinist dittoheads,” you should read that too. Read it all while it is still free and available. Maybe there isn’t any new republic any more. The moment some fellow figures it out, he’s toast, and the “aren’t I good?” girls – male and female – all chime in. It’s your world, if you want it.