Archive for the ‘World Events’ Category
Monday, November 7th, 2011
During this last weekend, Emily and I slipped away and spent some time in Philadelphia. It was to celebrate the impending end of a decade long project called Omnibus! We planned our weekend to maximize rest, eat a few meals at some nice restaurants, and spend some time talking about what we need to accomplish as Christians, as spouses, as parents, and as members of this community over the next 15 years. It was a blast! It was also very thought provoking. We were on our way to a restaurant Friday evening. When we walked past (almost walked right into) the Occupy march which was coming down Broad Street moving down the Avenue of the Arts in Philadelphia. This caused a few musings for Emily and I that I will share in this and two other posts entitled, Occupy: A Front Row Seat at the Revolution?, Occupy: What links Occupy and the Tea Party, Occupy: Where should our tents be; and what should we be doing!
I have watched this Occupy movement . . . .
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
This summer while at the beach, I finished an interesting book. I spend time at the beach reading when I can. I finished an interesting book called Loot. It is about the ongoing controversy concerning ancient artifacts, the purchase of those artifacts by Western museums (The Met, the Louvre, the British Museum and the Getty), the constant stealing of those artifacts by unscrupulous people, and the incessant making of arguments about who should possess these artifacts. The book is fascinating.
In the past, the West felt such cultural superiority that it took whatever it wanted when it found it. Thus, the bust of Nefertiti is to be found in Berlin, most of the statues from the Parthenon are in London, and the Zodiac ceiling from the temple of Dendera is in Paris. The West took because it believed itself superior and thought that its citizens should be exposed to all of these past beauties. The West takes, but then displays. (more…)
Tags: Fine Arts
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
As more details of the Norway tragedy come out, we should brace ourselves for another round of pummeling. The mass murderer is being described as a fundamentalist Christian. I would imagine that MSNBC is already beating the drums about right wing extremism. Here are a few thoughts . . . .
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Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Today is Judgment Day according to the radio teacher Harold Camping. I am writing this post before 6pm (it won’t post for the next few days).
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Monday, January 31st, 2011
The biggest news on the world stage recently is the uprising of the people against the government in Egypt. There is a lot to be hopeful about in this, but there is a deep underlying problem. We, as a nation, find ourselves in the odd position of being friends of the dictators that are about to be (or in the case of Tunisia have been) overthrown. Why do we work with dictators who oppress the people? We do this because we fear Arab democracies.
Right now, it is in vogue to think that if we just get rid of Arab dictators that Jeffersonian Democracy will take root all over the Middle East. This was the second justification for the War in Iraq (when no weapons of mass destruction were found). This assertion is not just dubious—it is most assuredly false. It can only be made by a culture who has no clue about how we arrived at the place of blessing that we inhabit. (more…)
Tags: Christianity, Classical Education
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
Here is an little Youtube video I swiped from Doug Wilson’s blog. This does not tell all of the story, but it is very interesting:
200 Countries in 200 Years in 4 Minutes
Have fun with this and thank God that you live when you do—even with all its problems.
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
I might have to stop listening to the 50 Greatest Speeches. It is really depressing. This morning, I ventured back to the Brandenburg Gate to hear a portion of President Reagan’s “Tear Down this Wall” speech. Here is the link: (more…)
Tags: speeches
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Thursday, August 19th, 2010
I am working my way through an online video list of 50 Great Political Speeches. Today, I listened to this clip of John F. Kennedy’s “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech. Here is the clip:
“Ich bin ein Berliner” speech
I had read it before, but had not seen it. You should watch it. For me, having just finished the morning paper which proclaimed that President Obama is backing the construction of an Islamic Community Center near the mass grave that we call Ground Zero, I was slapped across the face by the dissimilar approaches of these two Presidents. Kennedy knows Communism to be an evil enemy. He slashes the naivety and support that some could have for Communism by summoning them to Berlin to see what Communism is like. He denies that we can even work with Communists. He is boisterous and his saber is rattling. He knows that the Communists are listening and he wants them to know that until they change, we, the free people of the world, will be there to oppose them. He does not deny the imperfections of democracy, but notes tellingly that “we have never built a wall to keep our people from leaving!” (more…)
Tags: Freedom, Islam, Security
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
All of us have been grieved by the pictures, stories and reports coming in from Haiti . The sheer scope of the disaster is breathtaking. Our teachers at school are being reminded to pray for those suffering incredible loss in this horribly impoverished area. There are a few things, however, that need some examination and that I would like to hear more about . . . .
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Tags: Earthquake, Haiti
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