Rowland Croucher
Wisdom
From a friend’s Facebook quotes: “If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If you hear they’re shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop, keep going! If you want a taste of freedom, KEEP GOING!!” Harriet Tubman “People don’t change when they see the light. […]
Hilton stunt leaves society limping
* Tim Costello * January 2, 2009 We fell hook, line and sinker for Paris Hilton’s latest PR trick, says Tim Costello. HOW is it possible that Paris Hilton visits Melbourne for one day to go shopping and makes front-page news? How is it possible that the next day acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard and […]
Huntington’s (false) Thesis (The Clash of Civilizations)
The great faction fiction * Irfan Yusuf * January 5, 2009 INFLUENTIAL Harvard University politics professor Samuel Huntington, who died on Christmas Eve, is best known for his theory that the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War meant future international conflict would no longer be between competing superpowers or […]
Barack Obama vs Rick Warren
Sightings *1/5/08 Non-negotiables — Martin E. Marty Long-time subscribers know that Monday *Sightings *does not “do” U.S. Presidents or presidential candidates, but this twilight moment after an election and before an inauguration provides me with another category, “President-Elect,” which today’s column will notice for an important reason. That reason?* *The approach to religion-and-politics proposed by […]
Clever Kids
Kids Are Quick TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America . MARIA: Here it is. TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ? CLASS: Maria. TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor? JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables. TEACHER: Glenn, how do you […]
Is ‘Big Government’ all bad?
Tenets of the Catechism Harry T. Cook 12/05/08 Thanks to my daughter who keeps track of such things on her MacBook, I saw over the holiday weekend a reprise of the Sarah Palin-turkey farm interview. Not only were viewers treated to the bloodletting of seasonal fowl bound for Alaskan Thanksgiving dinner tables, but to more […]
War and occupation
“The Best of Punch Cartoons” is currently available in a massive book, containing 2,000, in chronological order. A hefty gloss volume for those with a stout coffee table, and marketing at the moderate price of $79-95 (let’s call it $80 and be done with it), it contains such gems as – Two Roman soldiers (page […]
Darwin Awards – true or false?
A mixture – http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/darwin06.asp
Barack Obama: Dreams from my Father & The Audacity of Hope
My friend Dr. Geoff Pound has reviewed both of Barack Obama’s excellent books… 1. Dreams from my Father Among many questions in this book Obama asks: Who am I? What does it mean to be black? Where do I belong? What am I to do in life? Who is my family? Where does faith come […]
The True 2008 Darwin Awards
For those passionately wanting to know, the actual Darwin 2008 awards are here: http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2008-16.html And the prize goes to this guy: The Balloon Priest 2008 Darwin Award Nominee Confirmed True by Darwin (20 April 2008, Atlantic Ocean, Brazil) In 1982 Lawn Chair Larry, beloved survivor of a Darwin-worthy attempt, attached 45 helium weather balloons to […]
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