The latest issue of Newsweek has an article titled, We Are All Socialists Now. It has a rather controversial theme which is captured in the following quote: The U.S. government has already-under a conservative Republican administration-effectively nationalized the banking and mortgage industries. That seems a stronger sign of socialism than $50 million for art. Whether […]
President Obama’s news conference yesterday
I decided to watch a good chunk of President Obama’s news conference yesterday. And I must say that it was nice to listen to a President that spoke in logical sentences and could be understood. It was also very nice that it was a long news conference and that each question was answered extensively. Of […]
Third World justice
We regularly are upset at the miscarriages of justice that occur on a regular basis in those parts of the world whose human rights principles are not as strong as they should be. Here is one case: A woman was attacked and raped in the early 1980’s. A suspect was quickly found and convicted, despite […]
Mythical Beasts — Political and Religious
The ancient world had many mythical beasts. The phoenix is one of my favorites: A phoenix is a mythical bird with a tail of beautiful gold and red plumage (or purple and blue, by some sources). It has a 500 to 1,000 year life-cycle, near the end of which it builds itself a nest of […]
Let the healing begin…again
Let the healing begin! Today is the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Literally millions of people have descended on Washington, DC. The attention of most of the USA is on Washington today, as is the attention of many of the world’s government. At noon today, a new President will take his oath of office. Yes, […]
Roland Burris to be seated as Senator – Saturday Night Live at the Senate
I enjoy watching The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. I thoroughly enjoyed watching Tina Fay play Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live. I never thought that I would watch Saturday Night type of skits at the United States Senate. But, I find that I am having quite an enjoyable time watching egos get punctured, and […]
Immigration aside
From a newspaper article today comes the following quote: Immigration prosecutions have steeply risen over the last five years, while white-collar prosecutions have fallen by 18 percent, weapons prosecutions have dropped by 19 percent, organized crime prosecutions are down by 20 percent and public corruption prosecutions have dropped by 14 percent, according to the Syracuse […]
The most unexpected award of 2008
Well, I have just finally read what I consider the Most Unexpected Award of 2008. Yes, this award came out of left-field for me. I must admit that, at first, I wondered whether it was a serious award or whether someone was pulling my leg. But, I duly went to the internet site and you […]
More about Christians fleeing Iraq
OK, so you are wondering where that 600,000 Christians fleeing Iraq comes from? Well, that is our official government figure! It is not made up. It does not come from some “liberal” website. It is from the U.S. International Commission on Religious Freedom, a body appointed by the USA Congress. If the Christians leaving can […]
Christians in Syria
I am priest in a Church whose Patriarchate is headquartered in Damascus, Syria. I have found that Americans have a number of misconceptions about Christianity in Syria. Because of Syria’s classification by the State Department as a terrorist state, the assumption has been that Syria is a radical Muslim state. But, actually, that is not […]
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