Friday, November 14, 2014

Kirk Cameron Saves Christmas

Kirk Cameron Saves Christmas from Abominable Killjoys (Other Christians) - The Daily Beast

Excerpt:  Historically, the Puritans banned Christmas from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1659. But they weren’t alone:  Quakers, Separatists, and Baptists also opted out citing the lack of any order in the Bible to celebrate the birth of Jesus and the pagan origins of many of the traditions.Many Christians feel similarly today.......

Thursday, November 06, 2014

Putin: moral leader of the world? That is the title of an essay I just read.....

Putin Signs Secret Pact to Crush NATO

This, plus Paul Craig Roberts piece on Putin:  must reads

http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/10/25/vladimir-putin-leader-moral-world-paul-craig-roberts/

"Moral leader of the world" is a shocking phrase for the Russian leader to one raised in the Sputnik era Cold War....shocking all the more to come from a former administration official, but this is a must read piece nonetheless....whether you agree with every word and phrase or not.  Roberts is a bold thinker....and writer....