The past few weeks, I’ve given you background on Burma, aka Myanmar. Now, some updates. It should come as no surprise that Burma has been stalling the “trial” of Aung San Suu Kyi. Then, Burma jailed several of her supporters. Britain has threatened tougher sanctions against Burma on The Lady’s…
I have published a new article on Associated Content about “Reflecting on Independence Day”. Below is an excerpt. When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the…
It’s been a while since I did a roundup article of smaller current events items. Here are some items from various places that might be of interest. Crop Circles Made by Stoner Wallabies In one of the stranger articles I’ve come across recently, the Telegraph reported on 26 June 2009…
Is there such a thing as a “slippery slope”? In debate or rhetoric, a slippery slope (also the thin edge of the wedge or the camel’s nose) is a classical informal fallacy. A slippery slope argument states that a relatively small first step inevitably leads to a chain of related…
Marriage. It’s an equal partnership, right? No worries! We’ll work it all out somehow! No one needs to be in charge! Actually, that is a major problem in our society today. No one likes to be told what to do, and no one wants to be in charge. We see…
In Part 1, you read some background material about the Karen tribe of Myanmar, more commonly known as Burma. There is a high percentage of professing Christians in a country that persecutes both the ethnic Karen and Christians. In effect, being a Karen Christian is being a double target. Part…
It has been a week I won’t soon forget. On 23 June 2009, Ed McMahon died. For me, Johnny Carson was the original Tonight Show host. I don’t remember any prior to that. Ed McMahon showed that being #2 can have its benefits as well. I don’t think Johnny would…
Chuck Colson in “Big Government and Religion: An Inverse Relationship?” and April Lorier in “My Help Cometh From Uncle Sam” use similar phrases to sum up a Wall Street Journal article on how the more government welfare programs the less that people are inclined to attend church. Unfortunately, neither gave…
Well, I just finished reading yet another rant. There is no other word for it. It wasn’t even a logical rant. It spouted off a bunch of stuff about “judging”, “religion”, “rules”, “separation of church and state” and “treat others as you wish to be treated”. Basically, there were only…
The Telegraph reported on 22 May 2009 that “Wind turbines ‘killed goats’ by depriving them of sleep”. It just goes to show the unintended consequences of what initially appears to be a harmless act (that is, putting up wind turbines). Even when we try to do things that don’t create…