The Crusades Were a Bad Idea: Let’s Not Do It Again
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 Posted in Books, Daily Grind, God, Church & Stuff, Music, Politics, Society, Technology | 1 Comment »Update: I've been Snoped. Ouch. It appears the stats in this video are of questionable accuracy. They're not denied outright, but there are significant questions. Despite all the rhetoric (my own included), perhaps the real question this post should raise ...
Barack Obama in Africa
Monday, April 6th, 2009 Posted in Politics | 4 Comments »One of the most bizarre and amazing things I saw in Ethiopia was the plethora of Barack Obama T-shirts. The President of the United States was everywhere. This felt so jarring because we weren't in the United States. One member of ...
Enjoying the Inauguration with Twitter
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 Posted in Politics, Technology | No Comments »I watched bits and pieces of the Inauguration today and caught much of Obama's speech on NPR. But I really enjoyed much of the festivities through Twitter and the various reactions, comments and snippets. Apparently I wasn't the only one ...
A New Day in America
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in Politics | 4 Comments »I stayed up last night to watch history. I couldn't stand watching the pundit chatter, so I kept checking in and out. We watched the Clinton/Dole-Kang/Kodos episode of the Simpsons, watched some more returns, and then watched an episode of ...
Election Marketing Sucks
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in Business & Marketing, Politics | 6 Comments »I've complained before about crappy campaign web sites, but this year I think election marketing in general sucks, from robocalls to direct mail to those darned web sites. And I'm not the only one: Marketing guru Seth Godin offers marketing ...
John Piper On Women & Over-Investment in Politics
Monday, November 3rd, 2008 Posted in God, Church & Stuff, Politics | 2 Comments »Came across a very interesting video from John Piper, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist in Minneapolis and head of Desiring God, a nonprofit religious organization that advocates the "supremacy of God." I've done some work for Desiring God and I always ...
Historic Tax Rates in the U.S.: Socialist?
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 Posted in Politics | 8 Comments »There's a lot of debate going around right now about tax policy. I thought it'd help to look at the actual tax rates compared to historic numbers. But let's keep in mind that I took Math for Elementary Education in ...
Why I’m Voting for Barack Obama
Monday, October 27th, 2008 Posted in Politics | 43 Comments »In the 2008 presidential election I'm going to be voting for Barack Obama. That's probably not a surprise to people who know me, but I feel the need to explain that position. Caveats I've been contemplating this post for some time. Should ...
We Are One America
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 Posted in Politics | No Comments »So Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachman said Barack Obama may be anti-American on Friday and suggested that other members of Congress were anti-American and should be investigated (now she's blaming Chris Matthews for trapping her). Then we have Sarah Palin talking about ...
Is Barack Obama a Muslim? Who Cares?
Saturday, October 11th, 2008 Posted in Politics, Society | 1 Comment »The question of Barack Obama's faith and background keeps coming up. Despite his long-held Christian faith, the rumors that he is a Muslim persist. An April poll showed that 1 in 10 Americans thought Obama was a Muslim (one would ...
Celebrating my 30th birthday with clean water and a clean shave.
