Monthly Archive: May 2011

The Dead

It’s really weird to me that people were celebrating in the streets, even if the death of a mass-murderer is welcome enough news. We should be demanding an end to the wars now that...

Sovereign Innocence

by Kyle Matthews One of the most exhalted and ubiquitous unchallenged truths of our time – is the pedestal occupying place of civilian “innocents.” The honest men and women who go about their lives...

Good.

U.S. officials said they would ensure bin Laden’s body would be handled in accordance with Islamic practice and tradition.

Osama bin Laden Is Dead

Open thread. Have at it. News and updates will no doubt continue until long after I’ve fallen asleep, despite the adrenalin. My first thoughts: Let the return to normalcy begin. When does this war...

Blasphemy, Culture, and Reasonable Arguments

In 1988, Martin Scorsese directed The Last Temptation of Christ. This resulted in much controversy. Thomas Lindlof wrote a book called Hollywood Under Siege: Martin Scorsese, the Religious Right, and the Culture Wars that...