As I scanned the paper today it seems that we are finishing off the year with a bang culturally. I always forget that this is the time of the year when nefarious and terrible ideas come out to ... Read More
Remembering 9/11
Remember 9/11
I had a really interesting lunch today with Mal Fuller. He was in charge of the Air Traffic Control in Pittsburgh on 9/11. He is involved in Friends of Flight 93. I am trying to work to get him to ... Read More
Please Pray for School of the Medes
Dear Parents and Friends,
On March 1st, 2012, Jeremiah Small, a teacher at the Classical School of the Medes in the Kurdish region of Northern Iraq was killed by one of his ... Read More
Occupy: A Front Row Seat at the Revolution?
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 ... Read More
Loot by Sharon Waxman
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 ... Read More
Norwegian Tragedy
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 ... Read More
It's the End of the World as We Know It
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).
Read MoreDemocracy in the Middle East
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, ... Read More
Interesting Tidbit: 200 Countries in 200 Years
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:
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