2009

Happy Holiday? Seriously?

It seems that increasingly people are not saying “Merry Christmas” anymore.  In the business world and entertainment industry, people are throwing out a lot more “Happy Holidays” than they used to.  Christians are getting upset.  Secularists are getting mad at the Christians for being so sensitive.  I think some people on both sides need to

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Walking the Walk on Global Warming

There has been a major global summit taking place in Copenhagen to talk about Global Warming (or Climate Change, as it is sometimes called).  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for the developed nations to give $100 billion to underdeveloped nations over the next 10 years, so they can implement changes to cut down

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Talking with Skeptics

I was talking with a young woman a few months ago, and she said, “I don’t believe in organized religion.” I replied, “Do you believe in disorganized religion?”  We kept talking about it for a few minutes, but I’m not sure if my comment really did much good. More recently, a guy told me he

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Afghanistan–What a Mess

Afghanistan–What a headache for President Barack Obama.  Generally, Americans in recent generations have trusted Republican Presidents more when it comes to military toughness while they trust Democrats with domestic assistance.  I’m not making value judgments here; I’m just sharing what I’ve read and heard, and such generalizations are always subject to change (cases in point:

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