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a step in the right direction
Posted on June 20, 2006 | Filed Under the natural world
I was glad to hear the news of the reaffirmation of conservation of natural lands and resources as the top priority of the National Park system. It’s a step in the right direction. May there be many more such steps to come!
Read the Los Angeles Times editorial: Restoring sanity to the Interior
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religious leaders say, “let america abolish torture now”
Posted on June 9, 2006 | Filed Under justice, torture
Ad to appear next Tuesday, June 13, on the op-ed page of the New York Times …
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is anyone else disturbed?
Posted on June 8, 2006 | Filed Under war
Is anyone else disturbed that the two 500-pound bombs that took out Abu Musab al-Zarqawi also killed five other people, including a woman and a child?
Is anyone else disturbed that having positively identified the location of al-Zarqawi, we chose to target the house with two 500-pound bombs instead of attempting to apprehend him as was done with Saddam Hussein?
Is anyone else disturbed that we are rejoicing over the death of any human being?
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good news
Posted on June 8, 2006 | Filed Under grace, simplicity, spirituality
I do not watch television because the world on the screen is not the world I want to live in. It is not the real world, but if I spend enough time watching it I know I will forget that.
A thought-provoking quote from Barbara Brown Taylor. The entire article from which this quote is taken (What’s new?) is worth reading, to provoke thought and to encourage us believers to keep on doing evangelism, telling good news in a world overfilled with bad news, telling stories of human kindness and divine grace.
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“glee” is hardly the word for it
Posted on June 7, 2006 | Filed Under war
By William Kristol:
Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 011, Issue 37 - 6/12/2006 - U.S. MARINES are under investigation for alleged misconduct in the deaths of Iraqi civilians. The inquiry into the events at Haditha last November 19 is ongoing–but the Nation’s editors already know what happened: A U.S. “war crime”! A military “massacre”! A “cover-up”! (And also a “willful, targeted brutality designed to send a message to Iraqis”–something a cover-up would seem to make more difficult.) The anti-American left can barely be bothered to conceal its glee.
As for the pro-American left, they write more in sorrow than in anger. Here’s …
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with liberty and justice for all
Posted on June 7, 2006 | Filed Under justice
From the Los Angeles Times, June 5, 2006:
The Pentagon has decided to omit from new detainee policies a key tenet of the Geneva Convention that explicitly bans “humiliating and degrading treatment,” according to knowledgeable military officials, a step that would mark a further, potentially permanent, shift away from strict adherence to international human rights standards.
The decision could culminate a lengthy debate within the Defense Department but will not become final until the Pentagon makes new guidelines public, a step that has been delayed. However, the State Department fiercely opposes the military’s decision to exclude Geneva Convention protections and has been …
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