Homeless Advocate Mark Horvath
Thursday, October 8th, 2009 Posted in Society | 1 Comment »A couple weeks ago homeless advocate Mark Horvath came through the Twin Cities on his InvisiblePeople.tv road trip. I had the chance to hang out with Mark, see him in action and briefly join him in his work. We went to ...
Roman Polanski: Valuing Talent Over Justice?
Thursday, October 1st, 2009 Posted in Society | 3 Comments »I haven't paid much attention to the Roman Polanski story. The short version is that 30+ years ago a famous Hollywood director pleads guilty to having "unlawful sexual intercourse" with a 13-year-old girl and then flees the country before sentencing. ...
Overcoming Hate with Love
Saturday, August 29th, 2009 Posted in Society | 2 Comments »I have a hard time appreciating just how incredible the American Civil Rights movement was. I just watched this video, how to defeat the KKK, and then did minimal research on Wade Watts and read this story about his interactions ...
Adoption and Abortion
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 Posted in Adoption, Society | 15 Comments »If the practice of abortion ended the world would have to deal with 42 million unwanted children every year. How can anti-abortion advocates respond to that when there are already 148 million orphans in the world? How can we ask ...
Dependence Day
Saturday, July 4th, 2009 Posted in Society | 2 Comments »Today we celebrate our independence. But our strength is in our dependence. We depend on one another. We depend on our armed forces to keep us safe. We depend on family and friends for love, sanity and good times. We depend on ...
The World is Too Complicated
Monday, June 29th, 2009 Posted in Society | 1 Comment »Some days I'm convinced the world is too complicated. The past week is a good example: People mourning the undisputed King of Pop, who for the last 15 years or so traded in that crown for the King of Weird. Musical ...
Never Before Have So Many Been Able To Do So Much
Saturday, June 13th, 2009 Posted in Society | No Comments »I love reading indie-folk rocker and Compassion-plugger Shaun Groves' blog. Because every time it kicks me in the butt. That's probably why I don't read it very often (sorry Shaun). Today was no different. A post about how insignificant we ...
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 ...
Race in the Obama Era
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 Posted in Society | No Comments »I came across two interesting stories last week involving race (apparently today is blog about stuff I found last week day). The first is a Newsweek article about a black family that adopted a white girl. It's an interesting story and ...
Just Help
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 Posted in Bald Birthday Benefit, Society | No Comments »Last week I came across an interesting web site, Photos that Changed the World (thanks to kottke.org). Among the photos that grabbed me (c'mon, they're photos that changed the world, they almost all grabbed me) was this one of a ...
