The USA dream for the 2010 World Cup is over. Ghana played a good game, and they won. Congratulations, Ghana (sniff, sniff my beer is getting well watered). RUSTENBURG, South Africa — Turns out that it doesn’t take long for magic to wear off. The cheeky gleam in the eyes of the U.S. soccer players […]
Wacky Evangelical division of the world
The map above was sent to me in an e-mail. You know, the type of e-mail that is meant as pure humor. There really was no commentary attached, the map itself was the joke. At first, I just sighed and was going to hit delete. I considered it just some sophomoric humor, say about […]
Southern Baptists speak out on the Gulf oil spill
Below is the text of the resolution on the Gulf Oil spill passed by the Southern Baptist Convention at their meeting last week in Orlando. As you read it, please note that one can see signs of a changing of some of the traditional Southern Baptist stances. As one of the other resolutions states, the […]
Latinos, the Scots, the Welsh, and Braveheart
OK, so I stretched a bit in coming up with the title above, but it helps me to make a point. Recently the following reader comment was made: . . . I oppose Tagalog in Alaska and French in Lousiana and Maine if used for official government purposes. And in New Mexico Spanish language rights […]
Private property and the Roman Catholic Bishop’s immigration statements
Let’s look at another point raised by one of those who commented on immigration as regard the statements of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops called Strangers No Longer: #35 says that “all the goods of the earth belong to all the people”. Wow. That eliminates all private property up to and including my […]
On the use of multiple languages in the USA
In answer to yesterday’s posting, a couple of comments were made. In fact, I am now facing the problem that there have been enough points brought up that I will not be able to deal with them all. So, let me deal with the subject of language today. One of the points that was made […]
Answering some questions on the RC’s and immigration policy
Five days ago, one of the posters actually read the joint statement of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Conferencia Episcopal de Mexico called “Stranger No Longer.” The poster had several comments. Let me quote some of them today and some to come. Frankly, that is in part because it is Sunday […]
USA and Britain tie in futbol (soccer)
Okay, I agree that this has absolutely NOTHING to do with Orthodox theology. But, THE USA TIED BRITAIN IN ITS FIRST GAME OF THE WORLD CUP!!!! There are no heavenly choirs singing, but certainly quite a few happy residents of the USA, whether they are here or stationed abroad. Britain is in a state of […]
Normal versus abnormal? — Weird world we live in
People always seek to justify themselves. It is easier to justify one’s self than it is to admit that one could be wrong. We have been this way since Adam and Eve. The whole description of the confrontation with God in the Garden of Eden begins with a scene of denial and self-justification. But, if […]
The Israeli-Palestinian conflicts
Every so often, I like to put up a comic as a Rorschach (inkblot) test. Think of the Israeli / Palestinian conflict that has been ongoing for several decades. Now read the comic above. Now quick, before you can think it through, who is the elephant, who is the zebra, and who are the crocs? […]
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