Evangelism “Crusades” and National Security

i want to discuss another factor in the whole operation straight up debacle. here is another side effect of the “crusading” spirit:
Kill Or Convert, Brought To You By the Pentagon
The Defense Department’s Chaplain’s Office, which oversees OSU’s activities, has not responded to calls seeking comment.
“The constitution has been assaulted and brutalized,” Mikey Weinstein, [...]

Requiem for a Dream

this is a post i read on Tim Challies blog. very poignant, i think. it reminded me of requiem for a dream. what do yall think?
Second Life and cheating in a virtual world.
Friday’s edition of the Wall Street Journal featured an article about Second Life, a popular online digital world. It is [...]

A Different Kind of Government: Name-your-favorite-country

now to part 2 of the new kind of government.
in the first part, i talked about iraq specifically, but now i want to address the rest of the world. there is a increasingly powerful economic (and political) trend called globalization occuring in our world today. basically, this means interaction on a global level, [...]

A Different Kind of Government: Iraq

i had this crazy random thought. i have been thinking about the dilemma of government in iraq. and i have specifically thought about the long term civil unrest almost certain unless something is done soon.
i have seen so much destruction and hatred and unrest in the country of iraq, firsthand and [...]

Lord of War

i watched the film Lord of War relatively recently. it was a very insightful look into the illegal arms trade around the world. obviously this is a topic that many people have found quite disturbing. but i would like to ask another question, has the USA become a Country of War? [...]