This weekend we celebrate the 400th anniversary of the landing at Cape Henry, the first enduring landfall of English settlers in the New World. On 29 April 1607, a group from the Virginia Company landed and, led by their Anglican chaplain Robert Hunt, prayed for the establishment and propagation of the Christian religion in the …
Virginia Tech, The Supreme Court: Counting on the System?
To be honest, I haven't said anything about the Virginia Tech massacre because I wasn't sure what to say. Best to start brain before engaging mouth (or keyboard.) However, it's becoming obvious that the "system" had considerable warning of what was going on in Cho Seung-Hui, both before and on the day of the massacre. …
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What It Takes to Experience Discrimination
Today is the so-called "Day of Silence" put on by the LGBT community to attempt to illustrate their idea of what they go through because they are LGBT. The idea is to "raise consciousness" (a good Maoist term) about the "plight" of LGBT people. Since this event targets schools, it's fair game to bring up …
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Too Much Like the Lizard Queen?
They are strange creatures, these Bolsheviks. They talk of freedom and the reconciliation of the peoples of the world, of peace and unity, and withal they are said to be the most cruel tyrants history has ever known. They are simply exterminating the bourgeoisie, and their arguments are machine guns and the gallows. My talk …
There are No Transparent People
In the speech he used to fire radio "shock jock" Don Imus (looks like the shock is going the other way) CBS President and Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves said the following: There has been much discussion of the effect language like this has on our young people, particularly young women of color trying to …
The Complicated Position of Syria
Conservative criticism of Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria needs to be tempered by some Middle Eastern reality: In the Middle East, terrorism is considered a means to an end, i.e., political victory, rather than an end itself. That's why the phrase "war on terrorism" is misleading. A "war on Islamic careerism" is more appropriate. Syria's …
An Imperfect Country
In case you were bothered by this post, perhaps you will prefer this story: A Japanese company (Toyota ) and an American company (General Motors) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River. Both teams practised long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race. On the big day, the Japanese won by a …
Fixing the Unfixable
The many disparaging remarks by Anglicans/Episcopalians on both sides about Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams' "sabbatical" are largely unjustified. Williams has made his share of mistakes, but the chasm between the orthodox and revisionists in the Anglican Communion is probably unbridgeable. It is reminiscent of a remark made about the Revolutions of 1848 that equally …
Quotable about America
Something about the U.S. that's worth repeating: "I am convinced that the future of America is rosier than people claim - I've been hearing about its imminent decline ever since I started reading. Take the following puzzle. Whenever you hear or read a snotty European presenting his stereotypes about Americans, he will often describe them …
Overcoming Obstacles: A Reminder For Us All
Back in 2000 there was a funeral for Nadezhda Shatova, a Ukrainian Pentecostal living in California. As noted below, on the surface there wasn't anything extraordinary about it. But one of her relatives shared the testimony about their lives--and the persecutions they suffered in the old Soviet Union--and this account was put into the piece …
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Positive Infinity 