by Infinite Smile | Nov 30, 2008 | Blog
The International Herald Tribune offers an interesting piece on the implications of this past week’s attacks. The major theme shouldn’t surprise any one. The terrorists’ barely concealed ties to Pakistan suggest that a key objective of the Mumbai...
by Infinite Smile | Nov 13, 2008 | Blog
I was impressed years ago when I read Paul Kennedy’s book, Preparing for the 21st Century. In it there is a chapter on the dilemma that the US faces: whether or not it has the capacity, or desire, to adjust to a changing world. Among the many topics that...
by Infinite Smile | Sep 21, 2008 | Blog
Deepak Chopra compares Sarah Palin to the shadow of Barak Obama in a recent commentary: Palins pluck has been admired, and her forthrightness, but her real appeal goes deeper. She is the reverse of Barack Obama, in essence his shadow, deriding his idealism and...
by Infinite Smile | Jul 15, 2008 | Blog, Video
In this clip, Stephen Colbert asks Lama Surya Das if it would be hard for Barack Obama to convert from a secret Muslim to a Buddhist.
by Infinite Smile | Jun 8, 2008 | Blog
Blogger Andrew Sullivan offers this post from James Wood’s review of Bart D. Ehrmans Gods Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important QuestionWhy We Suffer: Heaven, one of the tenderest verses in the Bible has it, is where God will wipe away all...
