Ralph Peters writing in the USA Today has penned a less than stellar op-ed for your perusal....
Chris Dierkes
Chris Dierkes (aka CJ Smith). 29 years old, happily married, adroit purveyor and voracious student of all kinds of information, theories, methods of inquiry, and forms of practice. Studying to be a priest in the Anglican Church in Canada. Main interests: military theory, diplomacy, foreign affairs, medieval history, religion & politics (esp. Islam and Christianity), and political grand bargains of all shapes and sizes.
Alright…to jump into the Front Porcher vs. PomoCon debate, this from Carl Scott, friend of Ivan Kenneally...
Yours truly (doing his best to represent The League) is debating the great Sarah Palin question at...
I saw a group protesting the Chinese masscare of Uighurs here in Vancouver this evening on my...
Robert Wright, The Evolution of God — This is the first clip of a multi-clip interview between...
Yesterday ED got a good conversation going in response to this question: How can anti-statists reconcile themselves...
“Pushing on a string is difficult. Pushing a zombie on a string is even harder. Pushing a...
On his Wimbledon final’s victory and his 15th (and record breaking) Grand Slam Championship. I can’t speak...
America! America! May God thy gold refine, Till all success be nobleness, and ev’ry gain divine!
This explanation of Gov. Palin’s resignation seems to me to make the most sense (h/t Sam Stein):...
On the flight over to Calgary (for Br. Scott’s nuptials) I read Bob Wright’s new book The...
Mullets, socialism, and groovy 60sness from the greatest rock band in Canadian history (all stereotypes must be...
After starting the daily briefing with a question about the president’s response to Michael Jackson’s death, the...
Tomorrow is the deadline for the exit of US Forces from the cities in Iraq, as per...
Just a quick check in to say howdy to all and greetings from a very sunny and...
So a homeless dude comes into the church today (which is a regular occurrence) and asks for...
Since I was pretty hard on Bill Maher last week for criticizing Obama without criticizing the Democrats...
The big headline today coming out of Iran of course is Ayatollah Khamenei’s ultra hardline stance, in...
Dateline: Squamish, British Columbia courtesy CBC: Maureen Lee told CBC News she was turning away to pick...