August 1, 2007
Secular America
Might as well call it like it is. Anytime the Senate opens with a Hindu prayer (amidst a protest, mind you) and the consistency to which the media is feeding on the hype of the latest Harry Potter book, it is looking like we are putting God Almighty, Jehovah, whom we are supposed to heavily rely [...]
Comments (10) Filed under: Religion, Vox Populi — Felicia Benamon @ 9:47 pmThe Agony of Debate
If you ever want to see some of the best political reporting on Election 2008, there are a number of places to go. If you don’t, go to the Washington Post. Seeing some of the subjects they cover as real news from the campaign trail makes my twice-monthly screeds look like Paradise Lost.
But I do [...]
Thoughts provoked by the picky Arab princesses
The recent story about how a flight was delayed for three hours because three Arab princesses from the oil rich and culturally conservative Gulf state of Qatar refused to sit next to men to whom they are not related led me to reflect on how the human species is one of extraordinary extremes. On the [...]
Comments (9) Filed under: Middle East, Vox Populi — Denise Noe @ 12:37 pmRed Eye on Marriage
Missing the Mark With Religion, Part 7
As a child growing up in New York, I was attracted to the opposite sex. When I saw a pretty little girl flash a smile, my heart fluttered, my cheeks blushed, I shuffled my feet and shyly looked the other way.
I always liked girls. No one had to tell [...]
