I noted with interest that , after all the bad feeling and conflict between the Islamic world and the west, here is a story that shows mainstream America has something in common with Islamic thought. At Yahoo News, I read about how Turkey made the teaching of creationism mandatory in their schools back in […]
Reading informs our writing. In searching around, I found this site, and this article in particular, worthwhile.
http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/research/rockridge/summers-of-love
Read, and enjoy. I loved the image of “parachuting in.”
Disclosure:This site is unabashedly progressive. For those of a bent to follow political discussion, I have also found their concept of “frames”interesting. You’ll find that on the homepage.
Enjoy-
Nick
So, tonight I sit here wondering if there is any true justice, and any way to find middle ground on this one. “Scooter” Libby, an inner member of the Bush team, lies to a Grand Jury. He is prosecuted by a Bush appointee, found guilty by a jury, sentenced by a Bush appointee, and the […]
There is a wonderful scene in the movie “Mr Holland’s Opus” where the hero, a teacher, is working Summer Driver’s Ed to raise a little extra cash. Talk about Brave Human! Anyway, the brief scene shows the car zoom past the fixed camera, obviously going too fast, while the once-patient voice over of Mr. Holland […]
I’m against the Iraq War, I think I’m for a surge, and I think we need to stand up a government in Iraq that will stand up to us and maybe even be chosen by a populace that will in all likelihood hate us for at least a decade. And the topper is that I […]
