Posted in City of the World on October 16th, 2008 5 Comments »
I watched the last of the three presidential debates on television last night. I’m not sure it was worth it. I came away with almost the exact set of impressions that I had going in: one candidate is articulate and organized, the other is not. One candidate is running a campaign with a clear theme, [...]
Posted in City of the World on January 28th, 2008 4 Comments »
After considering my two most recent posts & the reactions thereto, it’s time for me to call myself out. To do this, let me quote one of my commentors and respond to what he said:
While I generally frown on people intricately parsing the worlds of politicians who must speaks 1000s of words a day [...]
Posted in City of the World on January 25th, 2008 4 Comments »
I got a lot of interesting guesses on the recent quotation I posted. One man thought it was Mike Huckabee. Two thought it was U2 frontman Bono. Another said Mel Gibson, another Oprah (!?), another Ron Paul, and another Hillary Clinton. The only person I thought of who wasn’t mentioned was [...]
Posted in City of the World on January 25th, 2008 4 Comments »
The following words were spoken recently by a prominent, professing Christian:
I am a Christian, and I am a devout Christian. I believe in the redemptive death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I believe that that faith gives me a path to be cleansed of sin and have eternal life. But most importantly, I believe in [...]
Posted in Amateur Theology, City of the World on November 8th, 2006 6 Comments »
Yesterday’s midterm elections produced mixed feelings for me. I voted for five Republicans, and three of them lost. Nationally, the GOP was similarly spanked out of power. To be honest, it cannot be said that they had not earned such a rebuke - and just as honestly, one might say that the [...]
