This isn’t normally the kind of thing that I write about here, but last night I had the privilege of praying over Donna, the sister of a good friend of mine, with a group of friends from our church. Donna was recently diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing massive chemo treatments even now. It’s become…
Month: June 2007
Religion of Peace
Islam means peace, according to some Muslims who, it seems, have a rather tenuous connection with reality. Today the peacemakers struck in in Tirin Kot, Afghanistan: In the first suicide attack, a bomber rammed his car into a convoy of international troops in Tirin Kot, capital of the central province of Uruzgan, killing five children…
War in the Classrooms
In America the debate is over how to deliver universal education to all American youth, not whether it should be done. There is some argument about what the content of that education should be – evolution vs. intelligent design, for example – but very little disagreement over whether education should be a public right. In…
Polygamy 2007
Reuters says that fundamentalist Mormons are pushing for legalization of their polygamous ways: Polygamy, once hidden in the shadows of Utah and Arizona, is breaking into the open as fundamentalist Mormons push to decriminalize it on religious grounds, while at the same time stamping out abuses such as forced marriages of underage brides. The growing…
Obligations
There are those who believe that the United States is obligated to help poor nations because we are “rich”. And there are those who believe that America’s influence in the world must be reduced so that their own can increase. The interests of these groups intersect in the debate over global warming which, to summarize,…
Immigration Reform? No…
…things are just fine the way they are. Or so Senate Republicans seem to think. What I’d like to know is on earth were they high on? Do they really think that they’re somehow going to be able to get a better bill through Congress after the next election? Please, let’s not be as dense…
If I Could Meet One Person…
…it wouldn’t be any of the American political hacks whose antics I blog about. I certainly wouldn’t waste a wish on any overpaid athlete, artist, rock-n-roll star, or movie idol. If it were possible to turn back the clock I would like to meet George Orwell and especially Ayn Rand, although I’d approach both with…
William Jefferson (not Clinton) Indictment
Congressman William Jefferson of Louisiana has been indicted on, according to Fox News, “16 counts of bribery, obstruction of justice, wire fraud, money laundering and racketeering”. From the article: The indictment says Jefferson received more than $500,000 in bribes and sought millions more in separate schemes to enrich himself by using his office to broker…
Ups and Downs
A few loyal readers may have noticed the lack of posts in recent days…Seems the Black Shards-meister’s broadband connection was down for most of 5 consecutive days. Nice! 🙁 That’s what happens when monopoly powers are at work. Considering where I live some would say we’re lucky to have broadband at all, let alone a…