Journal: What is the Nature of the Shia-Sunni/Persian-Arab Confrontation?

Much ado is being made of the “revelation” in the Wikileaks data dump that some Sunni Arab leaders were quietly in favor of an American and/or Israeli strike on Iran to terminate Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program with extreme prejudice.  Implicit in this war-mongering hysteria is an acceptance of an implacable Shia-Sunni conflict threatening the …

Review: The Amish Way–Patient Faith in a Perilous World

Donald B. Kraybill Steven M. Nolt David L. Weaver-Zercher Three World-Class Authors on Amish Create Single Distillation November 28, 2010 I bought this book because two colleagues, Howard Rheingold and Kevin Kelly, are both working on books about the Amish in relation to technology, with the key thought being that when the Amish adopt or …

Review (Guest): America by Heart–Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag

Sarah Palin Book ‘America By Heart’ Hits Obama, Defends Actions (ADVANCE EXCERPTS) Sam Stein and Lisa Shapiro, Huffington Post 19 November 2010 In her newest book, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin sharply criticizes the record of President Barack Obama while defending her own, in the process offering an unapologetic vision of conservative politics that strongly …

Reference: Reconnecting to Reality…Anyone Home?

CUTTING THE FUSE Moving Beyond the War on Terror Tuesday, October 12, 2010 – Capitol Hill Presumption: The root cause of terrorism is Islamic Fundamentalism — religiously motivated hatred of American and Western values among a fringe of Muslims. Reality: Based on research by CPOST (Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism), suicide terrorist attacks like …