It really began in 1991 (or 1990, if we count Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait), but the current phase began in 2003 because we could. Let this be the end of it. Timeline: U.S. Troops in Iraq (source: BBC News) March 2003 – Operation Iraqi Freedom begins with a “shock and awe” assault on Baghdad, [...]
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It’s over, for now
Posted in History, Political on December 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The day after…
Posted in History, Maritime, Political on December 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The New York Times, December 8, 1941: Click once or twice to enlarge.
“The day…”
Posted in History, Maritime, Political on December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The president’s address, 70 years ago today:
Dandelions as therapy
Posted in Cartoons, Humor, Political on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bloom County, circa 1983: Items in the news. Opus knows just what to do.
Occupy Wall Street, part III
Posted in Bill of Rights, Local, Political on October 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
. Today, noon, Village Green, Bar Harbor. Behave yourself. . Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
A lonely voice
Posted in Political, Religion on September 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It was shattering to admit that we had lost the theological means to distinguish between the United States and the kingdom of God. The criminals who perpetrated 9/11 and the flag-waving boosters of our almost exclusively martial response were of one mind: that the nonviolent way of Jesus is stupid.” To the question of How [...]
Let the debates continue… (part 2)
Posted in Cartoons, Humor, Political on August 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Same thing only different. See August 11th cartoon.
Drones, part 3
Posted in Political, Religion on August 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Having no knowledge in the matter, I have shamelessly harvested the opinions of those who do. Here is the final of three responses to a question asked of three Christian educators/authors on whether the United States should use unmanned predator drones to target enemy forces. Christianity Today Magazine asked this in the August issue: Drones: Is It Wrong to [...]
Drones, part 2
Posted in Political, Religion on August 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Second of three responses to the question of whether the United States should use unmanned predator drones to target enemy forces. Christianity Today Magazine asked this of three Christian thinkers in the August issue: Drones: Is It Wrong to Kill by Remote Control? Answer #2: Let Character Prevail Daniel M. Bell Jr. is a professor [...]
Drones, part 1
Posted in Political, Religion on August 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This will be the first of three responses to a question in the August issue of Christianity Today Magazine. Three Christian educators/authors were asked whether the United States should use unmanned predator drones to target enemy forces. The question: Drones: Is It Wrong to Kill by Remote Control? Answer #1: It’s an Unfair Fight Paul F. M. [...]
Let the debates continue…
Posted in Cartoons, Humor, Political on August 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
…and let’s be thankful the Democrats won’t be doing it too.
Answer: E. None of the above
Posted in Political, Religion, Visual art on August 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
. It’s from the Bible. See the quiz from the July 27th post for the question about which bit of seditious lit the quote came from. The correct answer is the Epistle of James, chapter 5. I’ll paste it here as a refresher, with a phrase in red that I had cut out temporarily so it wouldn’t spoil the fun: Come [...]
Radical literature
Posted in Cartoons, Political, Religion on July 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
. This has nothing to do with the stalemate over the debt ceiling crisis. At all. A Summertime Quiz (and you thought school was out for a few months): Does the following quote come from: A. Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince B. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party C. Friedrich Nietzsche, The [...]
And sing an American tune…
Posted in Music, Political, Religion on May 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
We come on the ship they call the Mayflower We come on the ship that sailed the moon We come in the age’s most uncertain hour and sing an American tune Paul Simon wrote American Tune based on a melody by Johann Sebastian Bach, adapted it slightly and gave it bittersweet lyrics. It showed up [...]
Another reason the Birthers won’t shut up
Posted in Cartoons, Humor, Political on May 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If the Birthers won’t shut up then at least I should, and I’ve been good so far. But I save out cartoons in case they become handy, and this one just did. In breaking news: Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana has released his birth certificate. Why? To defuse any potential for distraction in the future. Governor [...]
