Nonviolence Finally Gets Some Action on American TV

The most important interview on any global affairs issue the Daily Show has ever had happened last night with the appearance of Mustafa Barghouti and Anna Beltzer, both advocates for a nonviolent solution in the Israel Palestine conflict. There are so many great sound bytes in the unedited version that appears on the Daily Show [...]

Pro-Life & Pro-Choice Need to Get Real

Its about time I brought up the A-Bomb again. The A word that is everybody’s favorite polarizing political talking point: Abortion! If you haven’t already, please review my opinion on this issue.

I was reading an article (and here) on how bans on abortion don’t actually decrease the amount of abortions actually occurring. Based on the [...]

Obama Talks the Right Talk

Cairo is an ancient city that has become a modern urban hub of the Arab world. It is the primary place to produce Arabic pop music, the favored study abroad location for Americans looking to study the Arab world, and the birth place of Pan Arabism and the Muslim Brotherhood. Ponder all those contradictions for [...]

The Bible, The Constitution, and the Treatment of Prisoners of War

This blog post comes to you from a lengthy discussion via Facebook about a chain letter that was sent around. And you know, I just had to comment on it.
When Chain Letters Get Political
The original letter claims to have been written by a Canadian Christian woman. Here are the relevant excerpts from the chain letter [...]

Peace is Supposed to Make You Squirm

In a recent high profile interfaith dialogue between the Pope and other notable Muslim and Catholic leaders, the Pope announced that political and religious leaders everywhere must honor the rights of each individual to their faith. He further stated that Muslims and Christians are members of one family.
While the Vatican has protested attacks on Christians [...]

If McCain Loses, What’s Next for the GOP?

What will happen if conservatives do lose the election? Surely it will be a devastating blow after the Dems won the majority in the midterm elections. Could the GOP rethink its reliance on a relatively small base of conservative Christians? I certainly hope so. There’s nothing wrong with evangelicalism in principle, but many conservative Christians [...]

Simply Complex Relationships: Obama and Wright

This is a very untopical post about something that came to light months ago, but is continuously brought up with all the “new” Obama scandals. It is the Rev. Wright scandal. I’ve decided to go through it with a fine tooth comb as I had not done so previously. It seriously took me two days [...]

Expelled: The Film Only Nazis Won’t Like

I’ve seen the ads for Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, the new documentary from Ben Stein about the suppression of ideas from “Big Science”, and I am intrigued. I’m so inspired by the heated religious debate that I have to blog about it. Because, as you may have already guessed, I’m very pro-religion. Atheism I find [...]

Religion and Saturated Fats

I apologize to all (four) of my readers for being a little lax on posting lately. I just returned from my Christmas vacay in Miami, and like an astronaut coming back to earth, I needed time to adjust to re-entry.
While I was on the plane, I had ample time to peruse the holiday edition [...]