I know the debate on marriage is a hot one and it's sort of the 'chicken or the egg' argument is marriage a religious or social institution? Which came first? And of course the fact that in many times and cultures it was both because it was religion, government and social convention that dictated what was what... I think that this is really a smoke ( Read more... )

All this death and mayhem over a stupid 'controversial' movie?

( just MOP )

I've recently picked up the book Jack the Ripper and the Case for Scottland Yard's Prime Suspect it is a book that is filled with what I feel is a horrible fore shadowing for  today ( Read more... )

I am just starting this book(Son of Hamas) and I would highly recommend anyone interested in the Palestinian/Israeli conflict to pick it up ( Read more... )

I was having a conversation with someone yesterday where he made a comment about Mexican children being the worst behaved, he looks at me and grins and says because he himself is hispanic he can say that.

In this 'post racial' world I find it interesting that we're more racially hyper aware than ever before. It's not that we think any differently ( Read more... )

I just found out something really interesting today, I was at a seminar that was basically about Israel and the Middle East conflict and what is going on with the Palestinian conflict.
It was just mind boggling, so many things that you never hear in the media.
Okay, let me see if I can get this right because a lot of what was said sort of flew over ( Read more... )