Obama and the end of the Monroe Doctrine
In 1823 President James Monroe established a policy which came to be known as the Monroe Doctrine. The doctrine stated that efforts by European governments to colonize land or interfere with states in...
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What do Iran, Honduras, and Robert McNamara have in common?
In a blog post a couple of days ago about Honduras, I mentioned a book by John Perkins called Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. Coincidentally, that same day it was announced that Robert McNamara,...
View ArticleDonald Miller’s tribute to Robert McNamara
Just thought this was interesting, considering I’ve discussed (and quoted) author Donald Miller a few times and recently blogged about Robert McNamara. Seems Miller had a a few words to say on his blog...
View ArticleWe didn’t start the fire instantly
As a fan of Google, Billy Joel, history, ’80s music, and awesome stuff in general, I have to say this is quite possibly the greatest use of the Internet ever.
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You down with KJV? Yeah, you know me!
Today is the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible. To quote King James I himself, thou shalt party as if it were 1699. Below is a photo of Matthew 3 from my first real Bible, a...
View ArticleFrom the Garden to the City, Ch. 4: Definition
This is Part 4 of my chapter-by-chapter walk through From the Garden to the City by John Dyer. We started out talking about how technology isn’t neutral, how it not only changes the world around us,...
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My ancestor the Pilgrim
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, probably the greatest holiday dedicated to the mass consumption of food ever. Except of course that it’s not really about the food, per se, but a time of, well, giving thanks....
View ArticleMartin Luther, social networker
As you probably know by now, I’ve been blogging my way through John Dyer’s From the Garden to the City, a book about the redeeming and corrupting powers of technology and how that impacts the Christian...
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How accurate does ‘The Bible’ need to be?
Sunday is the premiere of The Bible on the History Channel, and it looks amazing. Described as a “10-hour docudrama”, the miniseries from Mark Burnett and Roma Downey recreates the biblical narrative...
View ArticleA house divided and the curtain torn
I’ve been angry and bitter all week. Disgusted, really. As the Supreme Court heard arguments in a couple of highly controversial cases involving same-sex marriage, people all over the country showed...
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Where in the world is…
There’s a new Expedia commercial in which a person is approached randomly on the street and asked where they would go if they could go anywhere in the world. But the catch is, they have to leave right...
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Checking out of checking in
Haven’t you heard? Check-in apps are sooo 2009. At least that seems to be the lesson learned first by Gowalla and now by Foursquare. You remember Gowalla, right? The Austin-based David to Foursquare’s...
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40 years in the wilderness
Everybody drinks the water from the murky pool Surely as you think you’re well You know your belly aches Everybody learns religion at the blind man’s school Will you reach for heaven When the preacher...
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Fences and neighbors
We keep the wall between us as we go. To each the boulders that have fallen to each. And some are loaves and some so nearly balls We have to use a spell to make them balance: “Stay where you are until...
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The new normal
Well, it’s a new school year, just like last year except completely different. The past two years, I’ve had one daughter in middle school, one daughter in elementary, and one wife in nursing school....
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No coffee for squirrels
I have a confession to make. I’ve started another blog. Well, sorta. I’ve actually started a tumblr, which I don’t consider a “blog”, per se. But I guess technically it is. Anyway, you get the idea....
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A time to mend
My mom is dying. In the last nine months she’s spent maybe a week total at home. The rest of the time has been spent moving from the hospital to a rehab center to a managed care facility and back to...
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In defense of Spotify
Taylor Swift recently made a lot of headlines for pulling all her music from Spotify, arguing that the streaming service was hurting album sales and essentially driving her into bankruptcy, killing...
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Falling in
I don’t know how I feel about the word “introvert”. Introverted, extroverted, Type-A, melancholy, choleric, INTJ, ESTJ, ESPN, whatever. All ways we try to figure out how to measure each other, define...
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When Chrome gets rusty
Eric Limer of Gizmodo recently wrote about why he had finally given up on Google Chrome and gone back to Firefox. “These days Chrome is bloated, slow, and constantly crashing on me,” he complained....
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