Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/index.php?bio=sbufis http://thesop.org/index.php?bio=sbufis 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Wed, 7 Apr 2010 04:38:00 GMT Japan's pyramid-like structure might change what we know about early civilization, ancient communication, and "lost-continent myths like Atlantis. http://thesop.org/story/science/2008/09/22/japans-underwater-pyramid-unlocking-ancient-questions.php http://thesop.org/story/science/2008/09/22/japans-underwater-pyramid-unlocking-ancient-questions.php sbufis@gmail.com (Scott Bufis) Sun, 4 Apr 2010 20:11:00 GMT This episode presents hand-picked gems from the decade of synthesizers, strobe lights and pleather pants. http://thesop.org/story/radio/2010/04/04/plasticity-the-allvinyl-show-80s-set.php http://thesop.org/story/radio/2010/04/04/plasticity-the-allvinyl-show-80s-set.php sbufis@gmail.com (Scott Bufis) Thu, 1 Apr 2010 07:57:00 GMT The 3am Show brings you insomniacs a floating world of soundscapes with pop sensibility. Enjoy music from Neil Young, Jim Carol and others during your late-night ventures. http://thesop.org/story/radio/2010/03/31/the-sop-radio-network-presents-the-3am-show.php http://thesop.org/story/radio/2010/03/31/the-sop-radio-network-presents-the-3am-show.php sbufis@gmail.com (Scott Bufis) Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:58:00 GMT Plasticity brings and broadcasts music that transcends genres and breaks the formulaic mold that commercial radio shows fall into straight from the warm, fuzzy format of the vinyl record. http://thesop.org/story/radio/2009/10/20/exploring-the-landscape-of-vinyl-music-with-plasticity.php http://thesop.org/story/radio/2009/10/20/exploring-the-landscape-of-vinyl-music-with-plasticity.php sbufis@gmail.com (Scott Bufis) Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:26:00 GMT Plasticity brings and broadcasts music that transcends genres and breaks the formulaic mold that commercial radio shows fall into straight http://thesop.org/story/radio/2009/11/07/plasticity-episode-2.php http://thesop.org/story/radio/2009/11/07/plasticity-episode-2.php sbufis@gmail.com (Scott Bufis) Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:12:00 GMT With the presidents new proposal, the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, placing more restrictions on business as well as the continuous bailouts received by so many businesses, its time to ask ourselves: where is capitalism going? http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2009/06/22/where-oh-where-has-my-capitalism-gone.php http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2009/06/22/where-oh-where-has-my-capitalism-gone.php sbufis@gmail.com (Scott Bufis) Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:24:00 GMT A commentary piece on the homeless situation in St. Augustine, FL that follows the story of a homeless man who sleeps on my couch. http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2009/04/16/homelessness-in-st-augustine-jim-sleeps-on-my-couch.php http://thesop.org/story/opinion/2009/04/16/homelessness-in-st-augustine-jim-sleeps-on-my-couch.php sbufis@gmail.com (Scott Bufis) Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:32:00 GMT In his How is Christianity Thinkable Today?, Michel de Certeau discusses his ideas on the Christ event and what that means for Christianity today. http://thesop.org/story/religion/2008/12/11/the-christ-event-as-a-process-of-becoming.php http://thesop.org/story/religion/2008/12/11/the-christ-event-as-a-process-of-becoming.php sbufis@gmail.com (Scott Bufis) Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:14:00 GMT Before an understanding can exist of the significance of prayer, one must first understand what prayer is. http://thesop.org/story/religion/2008/12/11/an-insight-to-prayer-meditation-and-contemplation-for-the-contemporary-college-student.php http://thesop.org/story/religion/2008/12/11/an-insight-to-prayer-meditation-and-contemplation-for-the-contemporary-college-student.php sbufis@gmail.com (Scott Bufis) Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:22:00 GMT In her text, In the Beginning was Love, Julia Kristeva writes of how her non-belief conflicted with her familys believing as she was growing up. http://thesop.org/story/religion/2008/12/11/overcoming-differing-religious-spiritual-and-philosophical-beliefs-in-the-family.php http://thesop.org/story/religion/2008/12/11/overcoming-differing-religious-spiritual-and-philosophical-beliefs-in-the-family.php sbufis@gmail.com (Scott Bufis) Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:31:00 GMT In his God and Philosophy, Emmanuel Levinas writes of ones responsibility for his neighbor and viewing the face of that person. http://thesop.org/story/religion/2008/12/09/the-face-of-the-other-levinass-ideas-in-relation-to-evangelism-and-holy-war.php http://thesop.org/story/religion/2008/12/09/the-face-of-the-other-levinass-ideas-in-relation-to-evangelism-and-holy-war.php sbufis@gmail.com (Scott Bufis) Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:18:00 GMT Heidegger writes, Because Being appears as ground, beings are what is grounded; the highest being however, is what accounts in the sense of giving the first cause. ? http://thesop.org/story/religion/2008/10/23/unlimited-god.php http://thesop.org/story/religion/2008/10/23/unlimited-god.php sbufis@gmail.com (Scott Bufis) Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:51:00 GMT The reconciliation of this struggle comes through reasonable faith, which allows people to still hold that which they are ultimately concerned with but in a reasonable, humane way. http://thesop.org/story/religion/2008/10/21/reasonable-faith.php http://thesop.org/story/religion/2008/10/21/reasonable-faith.php sbufis@gmail.com (Scott Bufis) Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:28:00 GMT The intellectual move from premodern to postmodern is evident in many people's personal stories. Mine focuses on how an understanding of subjective truth can defeat inter-religious violence. http://thesop.org/story/religion/2008/09/22/my-life-as-the-evolution-of-ideas-postmodernism-and-religious-violence.php http://thesop.org/story/religion/2008/09/22/my-life-as-the-evolution-of-ideas-postmodernism-and-religious-violence.php sbufis@gmail.com (Scott Bufis) Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:30:00 GMT "I knew that she was destined for higher positions,"he told Susteren, and followed with "maybe not as soon but thats just the way she is." http://thesop.org/story/politics/2008/09/18/alaskas-quotfirst-dudequot-front-and-center.php http://thesop.org/story/politics/2008/09/18/alaskas-quotfirst-dudequot-front-and-center.php sbufis@gmail.com (Scott Bufis)