Gaza The NY Times published a short article on the current Israel-Palestinian conflict: Gaza Conflict Is Just The Latest Round In A Long War. The insanity of it all is Continue Reading →
Deir el Bahri. Queen Hatsepshut’s Temple (1473-1458 BC) Luxor, Egypt. I’ve never had a passport. Hope to be able to put one to use someday. This place was on the Continue Reading →
Elie Wiesel. Auschwitz and Buchenwald survivor, prolific author, Nobel Peace Prize winner. Featured in a full page ad in USA Today placed by This World: The Values Network, “…promoting universal Continue Reading →
Cal Thomas, conservative columnist who with his counterpart/adversary Bob Beckel a liberal Democratic strategist, banters back and forth in the recurring USA Today “Common Ground” oped installments. I usually skip Continue Reading →
If you are interested in astronomy, climate science, science education, NASA, space travel, etc. and US policy and politics on such matters check in on Phil Plait‘s science blog Bad Continue Reading →
Faith and Reason. Two diametrically opposed approaches to the world. Worldviews orthogonal to each other. Agendas at cross purposes to one another. Two different highways that intersect briefly at common Continue Reading →
I don’t wanna hear about one more gay high school kid who commits suicide because they have been hearing from their Baptist or Pentecostal or Church of Christ minister, or Continue Reading →
Ideologies put ideas first, reality second, and human rights may not even make the list. Science on the other hand puts reality first, human rights next and ideas… last. Your Continue Reading →
“Culture keeps us in chains.” I wrote that in my journal in junior college ’73 or ’74,… so pushin’ 40 years ago. Hard to believe at times. And I feel Continue Reading →
I haven’t said much about Islam yet, mainly because I don’t know enough about it yet. I’ve been reading about Xianity and Bible history and analysis for some time and Continue Reading →
