Water talks

by | Aug 3, 2011 | Opinion

Water is one of those things you don’t think about until you don’t have enough of it, or on the rare occasions when you have too much. Then it jumps up and screams at you and gets your attention. I’ve thought about it every time I’ve had to...

Prayers Not Hitting the Ceiling? Remember This

by | Aug 3, 2011 | Opinion

I have always been a little jealous, but at the same time impressed, with folks who give a lot of time and effort toward praying. I am especially impressed by those who, without any hesitation, put so much faith in the act of prayer. These “prayer...

Atheism 2.0: Taking Cues from Religion

by | Aug 3, 2011 | Opinion

The popular philosopher Alain de Botton gave a lecture at a recent TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, on what atheists need to learn from religion. In the blog of the science journal Nature, Philip Campbell reports on what...

Obama Protects the Powerful Over the Poor

by | Aug 3, 2011 | Opinion

Political commentators will write about which politicians and political party gained and who lost in this debate over the debt ceiling. They should also report that President Barack Obama caved in to those who demanded that the nation make drastic cuts in domestic...

No Easy Answers as Norway Struggles with Grief

by | Aug 2, 2011 | Opinion

In a famous essay, “Hamlet: The Prince or The Poem?” C S Lewis describes the various efforts critics over the centuries have made to understand what is arguably Shakespeare’s greatest play. They have, Lewis said, rightly identified that in the play...