Saeed Left in Iran

Here’s a great post about the United States government walking away from Saeed Abedini on the Public Secrets blog. Last week America and other western countries signed a ridiculous agreement with Iran that will supposedly slow down their nuclear program. It resulted in the immediate lifting of certain sanctions and the release of billions of dollars […]

Do You Thanksgivukkah?

If you haven’t already heard, there’s a new holiday in town this year– so feel free to wish someone a Happy Thanksgivukkah. Thanksgiving and the first day of Hanukkah are happening simultaneously this year. According to Mike Evans of the Jerusalem Prayer Team, this hasn’t happened since the nineteenth century and won’t happen again for about […]

Those Wascally Wipes

This is a song that every toddler should learn along with Twinkle Twinkle, The Wheels on the Bus, and Mah Na Mah Na: Our infrastructure might depend on it.

One Year Today

Today is the one year anniversary of American Saeed Abedini’s imprisonment in Iran. People are gathering at their state capitols and churches to pray for his release. Saeed’s wife has written this piece about what their family is going through: One year of abuse. One year of absence.

Understanding the Middle East

Dr. Patrick Sookhdeo, the director of Barnabas Aid, has written a fantastic, easy to read article entitled Making Sense of the Tumultuous Events in the Middle East. While the American media loves to talk about the Middle East and offer opinions about events there, it rarely takes the time to explain the nuts and bolts […]

Three reasons I cannot support the Congressional resolution for U.S. military action in Syria

(wildninja) Whether or not you agree with Joel Rosenberg’s politics or religion, the man is a wealth of information on the Middle East. His books like The Twelfth Imam and Damascus Countdown are bestsellers for good reason. While some have compared his insight to Nostradamus because details in books he wrote just a few years […]

Change Starts Here

In the past day I’ve seen at least three news stories in which employees of government agencies or nonprofits have ripped those entities off to the tune of tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. And by entities I mean that ultimately you and I as taxpayers and donors have been used. All three […]

Hey Egypt!

Today I was sickened to hear on the radio that Egyptians are blaming the U.S. for the violence and death in their country. Citizens of Egypt, hear me loud and clear: please do not confuse average Americans with the guy in the White House. I, for one, have always been against the United States giving […]

Bizarro Logic

Our country is being carried off to a dark place by shadowy forces. Today it bears an alarming resemblance to the Bizarro World of Superman comics in the 1960s, where up is down and ugly is beautiful and it is a crime to make anything perfect.

Ban the Box Laws

Did I eat hallucinogenic mushrooms for breakfast? No, I read that correctly: those with criminal convictions are becoming a protected class. http://socialistworker.org/2013/06/19/seattle-bans-the-box http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/03/new-laws-make-criminal-pasts-off-limits-in-california-city/?test=latestnews Earlier this week I was floored to read that yet another city, Richmond, California, has barred private companies with city contracts from doing criminal history background checks on job applicants in most cases.

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