What is "The Press"?

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I exchanged a few ideas on this topic yesterday on Facebook. Here are my thoughts:

Defining a "legitimate" press organization these days is pretty much a matter of opinion. Does one really think that organizations that are more pundit than press are legit? For example, I love your blog but would not consider it an outlet of the press.
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Guess I associate "the press" with journalism and journalists and not pundits.

Not saying that blogs and FB are not good sources of opinion but, I may be wrong, I don't see them as "the press". Yet I think that it is all covered under free speech.

So how would you answer the question? What do you think of as "The Press"?

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Blogging the Baptist

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On Wednesday I began a new series of devotions on John the Baptist. Seemed like a good person to study during Lent. John is an amazing biblical figure. He was filled with the Holy Spirit before he was born. The angel Gabriel called him "great in the eyes of the Lord". Jesus agreed saying "among those born of women there is no one greater than John".

John is a transitional figure. A bridge between the old and the new. A good person to study in this season of Lent. A time that presents us with opportunities to let go of the old and embrace the new. To clear the road of past obstacles. To prepare the way to find God in a new way in a new season. You can catch my Lenten devotions on John here.

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Time is a River

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In Einstein's equation, time is a river. It speeds up, meanders, and slows down. The new wrinkle is that it can have whirlpools and fork into two rivers. So, if the river of time can be bent into a pretzel, create whirlpools and fork into two rivers, then time travel cannot be ruled out. -Michio Kaku

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The concept of time as a river fascinates me. The topic of time travel has always interested me. I loved seeing it in tv shows like Star Trek and Timeless. The Time Machine and Back to the Future were classic time travel flicks. Going back, and going forward, in time is simply a fascinating concept. Here are a few timely quotes. ツ

Time travel offends our sense of cause and effect - but maybe the universe doesn't insist on cause and effect. Edward M. Lerner

I distracted myself from the fear and terrorism by thinking about things like how the universe began and whether time travel is possible. -Malala Yousafzai

'Closed timelike curve' is the jargon for time travel. It means you go out, come back and meet yourself in the past. -Kip Thorne

The bottom line is that time travel is allowed by the laws of physics. -Brian Greene

Time travel used to be thought of as just science fiction, but Einstein's general theory of relativity allows for the possibility that we could warp space-time so much that you could go off in a rocket and return before you set out. -Stephen Hawking

“If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?” -Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time

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