The real news you were supposed to see
Image courtesy of Donna Sutton under CC BY-ND 2.0. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Rom 12:2 How did we come to... More »
Image courtesy of Luca Serazzi under CC BY 2.0. It was Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Russian writer, who made the “gulag archipelago” part of our language. He won the Nobel Prize for the book of that name, lived here in exile and was mentioned in the... More »
As Iraq descends into chaos and the nascent Iraqi state implodes even before it is born, support for a continued U.S. military presence in the region is plummeting: a new poll shows a whopping 62 percent of Americans think the war is going badly, up from 54 pe... More »
As Carole King sang thirty years ago, “It’s too late, Baby.” She was referring to romance, but in this context it is too late for Team Bush to recapture the loyalty of the conservative GOP base. Immigration/amnesty, Dubai Ports, Harriet Meyers, Katrina, defici... More »
Leave it up to God to judge Dubya’s soul, but for the rest of us mere mortals assessing his politics is not just sport, it is essential survival protection. The loony left is taking delight in his recent troubles. True to human nature, the rat pack has suspe... More »
As an allegedly Christian nation we ought to be a light on a hill, the salt that has not lost its savor, and we are to esteem others as ourselves. Christ did not power manage, propagandize or manipulate – he lovingly invited. He justly exhibited righteous indi... More »
Two years after the invasion and conquest of Iraq, and what have we gained? An Islamic state in Iraq, a looming confrontation with Syria, and the increasingly likely prospect of Lebanon reverting to a state of civil war. Hosni Mubarak is pledging to hold ̶... More »
What is the cultural potential from globalization in the West? Take a good look at France and the ethnic violence that is currently engulfing that country. Globalism, while highly profitable for corporations and the average consumer is happy with the prices of... More »
It is somewhat satisfying to see the Bush crime syndicate face the hand of justice, although the probability of any of the pale-faced characters serving real hard time for high-crimes is not very good. Presidential pardons for the blood-soaked clowns that are ... More »
I was thinking about God’s judgment today. What I thought about is a simple Godly reality; no one can escape God’s implementation of His righteous judgment on humanity, especially for those that call themselves Christian and live a carnal and ungodly life. I a... More »
It started with a kiss. Finishing a bout of lovemaking in the back seat of Omar’s car, Adil kissed him in the moment before their bodies parted – and that’s when he heard it: a tapping on the windshield. The car was flooded with light and a veritab... More »