I’m still working to make up time and tasks after being gone for the (uplifting!) COE meetings last week, but this bit of news caught my eye. ForeignPolicy.com included in their daily Middle East briefing an excerpt from The Cairo Review of Global Affairs article “Salafism’s March through North Africa” including this excerpt from the … Continue reading
Tomorrow’s World is out with a commentary, hot on the heels of the white smoke: With the election of Francis I of Argentina as leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, questions abound. Will he liberalize his church, perhaps relaxing the celibacy requirement for priests and seeking a greater Vatican role in the political … Continue reading
Note: As I mentioned earlier at the beginning of the year, this is the post I had been working on when the telecast came calling (along with the Charlotte weekend) in late December–about the time that my final commentary on the subject was posted (“After the Non-pocalypse” on tomorrowsworld.org). It has sat in my drafts folder … Continue reading
Howdy, everyone! My apologies–wow, it’s been the better part of a month! I did not mean to abandon my blog for so long, but December was crazy busy, so my time was better spent elsewhere. I was able to tape two new Tomorrow’s World programs during that time, though, as well as attend the wonderful Charlotte weekend … Continue reading
Well, the election is past, and America has chosen to continue with President Barack Obama for another four years. I wrote about this in a commentary published on the LCG and Tomorrow’s World websites which were graciously published yesterday, and I won’t revisit that territory here. Though do click through and read it if you haven’t: … Continue reading
While it’s almost a shame to post on this topic when the Feast is moments away from beginning, but until it’s all done I almost feel it’s a duty! Just saw an Associated Press article on Yahoo! News that I thought I would highlight for those looking for such things: “Experts: Mayas prophesized, but not … Continue reading
Just a brief note to wish all of you reading this a profitable Day of Atonement! I won’t pretend: My children don’t necessarily consider the Day of Atonement their favorite Holy Day, and for obvious reasons (“I’m soooooo huuuuuuuungry…” plus seemingly infinite variations on that theme). They do say, though, that they very much look forward … Continue reading
As my family and I settle in for the night here in our hotel in Texas before preceding tomorrow morning toward Oklahoma, I note that today being the 24th of September (probably the 25th before this is posted) we are now–officially–less than three months before the 2012 Non-pocalypse. Oh, the non-horror! Actually, I am delighted … Continue reading
OK, that may seem an odd title. But believe me, there is a connection, even if only in my tiny brain. I didn’t watch any of the political conventions live when they were happening, as, frankly, it’s all nauseating to enough of a degree that I can rarely watch them without becoming too irritated. I did … Continue reading
Well, that depends. ABC News reports today that America’s incredibly expensive F-22 Raptor has been pitted against Europe’s Typhoon in combat simulations (simulations involving real flying, real pilots, and real aircraft, just not real missiles or bullets) and has found that the results are mixed, though not surprisingly so. In the ways the F-22 was … Continue reading
