Rowland Croucher
One Giant Step for a Man, One Monumental Leap for Humankind
Harry T. Cook 11/07/08 Exactly 70 years ago Sunday, Nov. 9, 1938, those who hadn’t noticed or bothered to notice were confronted with prima facie evidence of the Nazi persecution of Jews. That horror was given the unforgettable name “Kristillnacht,” or Night of Broken Glass, to account for the destruction of shops and offices owned […]
Azerbaijan; Kyrgyzstan
FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 3 November 2008 AZERBAIJAN: AUTHORITIES “DRAGGING OUT” BAPTIST PASTOR’S TRIAL AND BAKU MOSQUE CASE http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1212 The long-delayed trial of Baptist pastor Hamid […]
Racism remains an issue for Americans
A longing in American life: trust in black, white BY SHELBY STEELE | Shelby Steele is an author, columnist and senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. This is excerpted from The Washington Post. November 6, 2008 For the first time in human history, a largely white nation has elected a black man to be […]
Obama’s Speech in Berlin
OBAMA SPEECH TRANSCRIPT: Remarks of Senator Barack Obama (as prepared for delivery) “A World that Stands as One” July 24th, 2008 Berlin, Germany Thank you to the citizens of Berlin and to the people of Germany. Let me thank Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier for welcoming me earlier today. Thank you Mayor Wowereit, the […]
Big People Words
A group of kindergartners were trying very hard to become accustomed to the first grade. The biggest hurdle they faced was that the teacher insisted on NO baby talk! You need to use ‘Big People’ words,’ she was always reminding them. She asked John what he had done over the weekend. ‘I went to visit […]
Prayer Network Newsletter
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * BLASPHEMY TRIAL POTENTIAL TURNING POINT FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN ALGERIA * FORMER MUSLIM WARNS POPE THAT ISLAM IS NOT INTRINSICALLY GOOD * U.S. ELECTION MAY SPARK NEW CONVERSATION ON ABORTION * VILLAGERS SUFFER AS RATS DESTROY CROPS * BILLY GRAHAM TURNS 90 * RAPE VICTIM, 13, STONED TO DEATH IN […]
Abortion and other issues
From a thoughtful friend: I applaud the initiative [to draw government’s attention to the value of life-before-birth and the abortion issue… Re abortion: I’d say as well that though money is one thing (and definitely necessary) I’d like to see people signing up not just to give money but to care in practical ways for […]
The Global Ambition of Rick Warren
By David Van Biema Thursday, Aug. 07, 2008 Rick Warren has Rick Warren syndrome. That’s not a joke. He has a brain disorder. “I was born with it,” he says. “I went to the Mayo Clinic, and the doctors said, ‘We have found a dozen or so other people with this. There’s no name, so […]
Understanding Russia
Samantha Power: A Question of Honor By Samantha Power Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008 When Russia sent shells raining down on Georgia, it seemed initially as if Vladimir Putin was savagely pursuing what he saw as Russian national interests. Moscow claimed Georgian aggression against Russian loyalists in South Ossetia and has objected to both Georgia’s bid […]
Aid to the developing world
The Cost of Giving By ALEX PERRY Thursday, Aug. 07, 2008 Aid to the developing world is one of those things whose motives have been mixed and muddled. In the age of empire, imperial powers built up infrastructure to make their colonies more productive and get primary goods quickly to market: railways, ports and canals […]
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