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Park51, as simple as I can make it.
This entire "Ground Zero Mosque Controversy" continues to baffle me. When I first heard of it I passed it off as simple fear mongering rhetoric. The kind that would disappear when no one gave it any attention and treated it like the ridiculous escapade that it was. Except, the manufactured controversy only seems to have grown, feeding on itself. ( Read more... ) -
The Treaty of Tripoli
Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,-as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen,-and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties ( Read more... ) -
Just so we're clear
Where the preamble declares that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was proposed, by inserting the word ‘Jesus Christ,’ so that it should read ‘a departure from the plan of Jesus Christ, the holy author of our religion.’ The insertion was rejected by a great majority, in proof that they meant to ( Read more... ) -
San Diego Comic Con 2010
I know it's a bit late for a recap, but I'm only just now getting a handle on returning to my day to day life ( Read more... ) -
Monday Poll: Identify
Poll Monday Poll: Identify -
Surprise Bachelor Weekend
Every year, for the past three or four years, my wife and her mother travel to Sacramento to visit family over Memorial Day weekend. It's a trip they enjoy, and one that I typically don't join them for. We spent some times in the past week lamenting the fact that because Logan is only 8 months old, traveling by airplane wasn't something we likely ( Read more... )
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