The Americans, the British and many other Western nations are choosing different language - a humanitarian pause. What's the difference?A ceasefireis political in nature, providing parameters to allow for negotiations. There's no way Israel is anywhere near close to negotiations with anyone ...
Episode #2: When Writer Steve Fisher Nearly Died in Prague, CZ Steve Fisher is a friend of mine who lives and works in the Czech Republic. A few years ago he got very sick and is very, VERY grateful for how well the Czech health system took care of him. It’s a very dramatic sto...
in october—the powerful network effects that drive meta's supremacy have seemed to shift briefly into reverse. somehow telegram, with its tiny staff, has become one of the greatest beneficiaries of those stumbles. whether this is a good thing for the world is another question, one muddied ...
going after Syrian anti-air weapons likely to prepare the way for many more attacks on Iranian assets. This is going to result in a much bigger confrontation at some point. Israel is doing what Biden should be doing. Maybe Israel will also take out the Houthi rockets and command centers ...
I originally published this piece ten years ago after some treks in Israel. I thought of re-publishing it yesterday but decided that I as a Christian cannot possibly speak on October 7 to the horror of that day last year, especially in view of the ambivalent reaction of many people since ...
Winthrop’s 1630 sermon, “A Model of Christian Charity”, has become an axiom for US “American Exceptionalism”: “We shall find that the God of Israel is among us… For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of...
Americans died in Kenya in the embassy attacks and 200 other people died, a good number of them were Muslims. The US didn't use that propaganda advantage. President Clinton tried to respond aggressively. He launched cruise missiles at Al-Qaeda training camps, which we...
It has been cited that only 5% of Americans actively participated in the War for Independence, and it is reasonable to venture that many would rise against the abomination planned for our country. What remains to be seen is whether those who resist do so in the spirit of Christ, or in an...
Israel's Supernova music festival celebrated music and unity. It turned into the deadliest-ever concert attack in history.
How many kings ruled the Southern Kingdom of Israel? How many Pilgrims died after King Philip's War? How many castles are in London? How many children did King Henry VIII have? How many colonies did the British Empire have? How many of Henry VIII's six wives were crowned queen?