Post-Election Reflection

Now that the 2008 election is over, I want to take this opportunity to reflect on a few things I’ve learned and experienced over the last few months.  I posted that I was undecided a few weeks ago.  I have been a McCain supporter since the primaries for the 2000 and found myself surprised at my [...]

Say What? [Redeeming Our Vocabulary]

I’ve been thinking lately about the words that we use, and about the associations and connotations that are already firmly attached to them. There are many terms and phrases that have been so warped over the years that their meaning has become unclear.
What does it mean when we say, “Muslim”? Colin Powell’s endorsement [...]

Whose Side?

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 [...]

Obama and Socialism

Barack Obama is a socialist. Right? He wants to “spread the wealth around,” taking money from the rich to give to the poor, and even those who don’t want to work for it. (Wait … does that make Robin Hood a socialist?) Well, let’s have a quick look at socialism.
Socialism is [...]