| author archive Mary Beth Ellis : 41 article(s) Mary Beth Ellis writes from Orlando, Florida. | October 19th, 2003 Extraterrestrial Life and Christianity ALF says hello In the middle of the American desert, mankind cups his ear to the cosmos: several highly powerful satellite dishes constantly scan the skies, searching for extraterrestrial radio contact attempts ... | | October 14th, 2003 A Conservative's Unhappy Conclusions on the Affaire d'Limbaugh Rush Limbaugh died last week. In a way.The Rush I knew?my principled companion for three hours a day?is in some very serious legal trouble, under investigation for illegally purchasing painkillers.I never expected perfection from Rush? ... | | September 26th, 2003 We Didn't Know What We Were Missing "In the year 2000," writes Tom Wolfe , novelist and Grand Poobah of non-fiction, "in the era of hooking up, ?first base' meant deep kissing (tonsil hockey), groping, and fondling; ?second ... | | July 14th, 2003 The Troubles and Triumphs of the Man Who Rode Seabiscuit You have heard this story: it's about a good man, a complex man who had the world at his feet, then watched it drop away; who gave generously, lived loudly, and ... | | June 12th, 2003 Does the Proverbial Tie Cut the Mustard? When I talk to my father, the conversation usually sounds like this on my end: "Hi, Dad.""Yes. Thank you.""I know.""Yes, the Bengals certainly do suck.""No….Look, is Mom around?" Division of laborMy mother is the emotional ... | | May 3rd, 2003 Sammy Sosa's Suspended and Back - Why Should We Care? Sammy Sosa's seven-game suspension for bat corking ended last week, amidst much snickering and two very respectable singles.He refers to the incident in which his bat shattered, revealing a chunk of cheating squirreled into the ... | | April 10th, 2003 Filesharing Isn't Unethical or Killing the Music Business Lest we forget? When the Cincinnati Bengals were in the 1988 Super Bowl (yes, really), a local radio station cobbled together rousing stadium anthems with such audio gems as "The Who-Dey Rap," and the mix was ... | | April 3rd, 2003 On the Job Where Columbia Should Have Landed The space program is so flatly braided into my life that I use it as an alarm clock. When an orbiter (for that is the proper, NASA-ized name for the part ... | | March 28th, 2003 Channeling Your Tantrum Matters "I don't want to talk about anger right now," one of Saddam Hussein's advisors is reported to have said as he fled a Baghdad government building. Whole world's angry these days, isn't it? I suppose ... | | March 16th, 2003 Baby, Tall Guy, and the View from God's Shoulders My baby cousin Kaitlyn issues from small stock. Her father is short, her mother even shorter, and her grandparents no towering giants. Her eighteen months on this planet have been populated by people who talk ... |
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