Politics

Who Really Cares?

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

I have a special interest in charitable giving because the food on my table is provided by generous givers. When I saw that Arthur Brooks had written a book on who gives in our society I obviously wanted to read it. When it arrived I was a bit surprised to find out that [...]

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Not much to say about elections…

Monday, November 13th, 2006

Well, I haven’t posted much about the elections. I don’t feel I have had much to offer. If there is any lesson about this from a cultural standpoint it might be that cultural outsiders sometimes have more insight about a culture than insiders. The terrorists have repeatedly made the claim that Americans [...]

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Secular Fundamentalism

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

I came across an article on the leftwing site Alternet discussing decency and morality movements. What struck me about this article (which is an interview about the religious right) was the statement down the page about combatting the religious right by “by bringing out the core meaning of decency, which is inclusion and acceptance.” [...]

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Palestinians torch Qalqilya YMCA - News from Israel, Ynetnews

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

Here is an article about the current state of religious freedom in Palestinian areas of Israel: Palestinians torch Qalqilya YMCA - News from Israel, Ynetnews The only thing surprising about this article is that the YMCA is not a missionary organization yet they are taking the brunt of the Islamic attack. I would [...]

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Reutered

Sunday, August 6th, 2006

Well, if you haven’t followed the Reuters debacle over at LGF , you’ve missed some good rhetoric.  To sum it up, Reuters posted a photo of Beirut under attack with obvious “enhancements” which make the Israeli attack look much worse than it was.  The photographer who submitted the picture cannot submit any more photos to [...]

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Pat - Please be quiet

Friday, November 11th, 2005

Can somebody please ask Pat Roberston to be quiet?
The last time he spoke up, missionaries were kicked out of Venezuela.
Now he is being just plain idiotic.

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