Monthly Archives: December 2009

Why do I blog?

Posted on December 11, 2009 by

I started this blog (on another hosting platform) in August 2007. My first posts had nothing in particular that tied them together other than the fact they came from me. I wrote about Elvis, music, movies, and Latinos in the … Continue reading →

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“The instruments of war do have a role to play in preserving the peace…”

Posted on December 10, 2009 by

President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Prize for Peace today. As he acknowledged at the start of his address, the seeming contradiction of a wartime President receiving a distinction such as this was on the minds of many in the … Continue reading →

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We are human beings

Posted on December 2, 2009 by

It is amazing to me how the liberal ethos of the bureaucratic systems we produce so effectively negates people’s humanity. It shoves it to the side and places it outside of consideration. What’s worse, it then rationalizes this negation as … Continue reading →

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