Archive for the ‘politics’ Category
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blog action day: the environment
Today is Blog Action Day, and the topic is the environment. I am glad to approach this topic on fluent in mumble.
While the desire to preserve that space which God has given us is noble, organized environmentalism is much more political than altruistic. We have seen this to be the case with the [...] -
universal healthcare: already a sham in america
Why this topic?
If you know me, you know I’m not generally a political writer. I vote and do my best to make informed decisions, but generally I don’t mess with politics unless they mess with me. This is one of those times.
A big issue in the current Presidential race (Heaven help us - the election is a year [...] -
Colombia
I just returned from a fantastic week in Colombia. Yes, that Colombia. I participated with a choir from our university in an international festival of sacred music during Holy Week. It was fantastic. I will not give an extensive travelogue at this point - I will only say that there are two Colombias: the one [...]
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the election
After the hype of election night (correction: the hype never ends, but the initial hype has calmed somewhat), I feel I can now comment sensibly on the election.
Looking through a number of blogs on all sides of the political world, I have come to a solid, disturbing conclusion: The Middle is sorely underrepresented [...]