Jan 24 2010
This discussion on God and Haiti’s suffering is very good: http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith//2010/01/does_god_allow_haiti_to_suffer/all.html Frankly, I have been struggling with the idea in our book that all suffering is part of God’s handiwork, to either mete out divine vengeance or build us up (should we survive) for some future challenge. I need to go back and re-read (or …
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Jan 16 2010
Curious about the origins of Pat Robertson’s outrageous comments about Haiti’s latest agony, my research turned up this interesting nugget in Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti): “In 1912 Syrians residing in Haiti participated in a plot in which the presidential palace was destroyed.” Syrians in Haiti? My spider-sense for all things Levantine was tingling, so I digressed from …
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Jan 11 2010
Bush, in a typical display of sensitivity, remarked about his 30-minute trip between Jerusalem and Ramallah yesterday: “You’ll be happy to know, my whole motorcade of a mere 45 cars was able to make it through without being stopped. I’m not so exactly sure that’s what happens to the average person.” For an example of how average persons get …
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Jan 07 2010
Here’s a fascinating glimpse into Israel’s “Jewish democracy” from the perspective of an American woman: http://www.transitionmagazine.com/articles/zion.htm One of the things that struck me as I read this was how Palestinians are, for the most part, a remote abstraction, as thoroughly cleansed from the cultural landscape of Israel as the American Indian is from ours. PS — …
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Dec 31 2009
This morning, a friend wrote this: Please don’t misunderstand me, largely because of [others], I now have much greater compassion for the plight of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. You-all have helped me see the other side of the coin, the one not easily available here because of the apparent pro-Israeli bias in our news …
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Nov 24 2009
Re. “Sarah Palin is a nimrod; spread the word…” After considering the etymology of my previous term of endearment for the lovely Sarah Palin, I find it deliciously ironic, especially when coupled with that other great shooter of fowl and friends, the Dark Lord himself. Have you been hearing the rumors? For those of you losing hope that …
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Oct 01 2009
Not original with me and only tangentially related to ME-interests, but worth repeating nonetheless… Although efforts have been made to reform the healthcare industry since 1912, we should not be too hasty in enacting change. The federal government has no business interfering in people’s healthcare decisions, unless a woman is trying to terminate a pregnancy, …
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