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What Shall We Make of JFK and His Presidency?
After writing my Friday blog (11/22/13) about the day that President Kennedy was killed fifty years ago (November 22, 1963), and the impact this had on my life since that fateful day, I have continued to reflect on a myriad … Continue reading
Posted in America and Americanism, Books, Culture, Current Affairs, Personal, Politics, The Future
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The Moment That Changed America: My LIfe Fifty Years Later
TIME magazine’s November 25 (2013) cover story says it as well as any single storyline I’ve read the last two weeks: “The Moment That Changed America.” That moment, the assassination of our 35th president, John F. Kennedy, occurred fifty years … Continue reading
Posted in America and Americanism, Culture, Current Affairs, Death, History, Personal, Politics, Television, The Future
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World Evangelical Alliance Secretary Urges Religious Liberty for Arab Christians and Non-Intervention Militarily in the Region
WEA Secretary General Urges Religious Liberty for Arab Christians at Conference in Jordan New York, NY – September 5, 2013 On September 3rd and 4th, 2013, Dr. Geoff Tunnicliffe, Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), spoke at a … Continue reading
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Same-Sex Marriage: Some Final Thoughts for the Week
In my final blog response to the recent Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage I conclude with several reflections on matters that I feel far more comfortable writing about since I am neither a legal expert nor a professional ethicist. … Continue reading
Same Sex Marriage: Recovering Holy Matrimony While Welcoming and Loving All People
I argued yesterday that the new social and legal reality of same-sex marriage is not a passing fad that will just go away because we invest a lot of money and effort into strategies to stop it. This train has … Continue reading
Same-Sex Marriage: The Growth of Secularism and Our Christian Response
Yesterday I gave a simple overview of the recent Supreme Court opinions on same-sex marriage. I suggested that from a purely legal standpoint the arguments of the slim majority, in these two 5-4 rulings, were stretched beyond the normal limits … Continue reading
Same-Sex Marriage: The Supreme Court Rulings
The staggering decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court on same-sex marriage will reverberate throughout our culture for decades to come. I have no doubt that this is only the first of more such decisions that will progressively lead us to … Continue reading
Max Boot's "Twelve Articles" on Guerrilla Warfare and Terrorism
Colonel Roger Trinquier (1961) said, “We . . . attack an enemy who is invisible, fluid, uncatchable.” Perhaps no statement included in Max Boot’s masterful history of guerrilla and terrorist warfare better sums up what we have faced since 9/11. … Continue reading
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Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present
Max Boot’s new book, Invisible Armies (New York: W. W. Norton, 2013), presents an encyclopedic survey of guerrilla warfare in a readable, vivid narrative that has to be the comprehensive work on the subject. I confess that I would never have … Continue reading
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James Meredith: An Idiosyncratic American
Yesterday I gave an overview of James Meredith’s new book, A Mission from God. Today I follow-up that blog with reflections on the final chapter of this moving civil rights memoir. After telling about his interesting and rather eccentric life … Continue reading