Posts Tagged ‘9/11’

Individuality fosters American Innocence?

December 6, 2008

When looking at the myth of “American Innocence” there are points when I find it hard to see my countries faults especially in certain wars. World War II is one that I feel many Americans might see it hard to not find innocence. We were trying to stay out of the war, but Japan bombed [...]

Left Behind Foreign Policy?

November 25, 2008

When I was in high school I started reading the Left Behind Series and I have to say I enjoyed the books.  Jerry Jenkins was very good at creating an action packed and entertaining dialogue of characters.  These books depicted a small band of Christians, who are living in a post-resurrection world, that are fighting [...]

Whose Side?

October 23, 2008

This sort of feeds into the ongoing discussion about faith and national allegiances:
I don’t tend to react very well when a person claims God for their agenda or their side or their country. As an American citizen, born and raised in Hong Kong, and educated in London, I have somewhat of an outsider’s perspective [...]