Pope Benedict XVI, the "holy" man formerly known as Joseph Alois Ratzinger (Prince reference anybody?), used Winter Solstice as an opportunity to continue a lie.
Ratzinger proclaimed that by comprehending the laws of nature we can somehow grow in our understanding and appreciation of "the Lord's" works.
In truth, there is a HUGE disconnect between religious "faith" and scientific fact. Read More »
I know I said that I had posted my last blog for this website, but somehhow it just seems stupid to have done so much and to have worked so hard to give up the day before the results are given. Therefore, here is another possibly-soon-to-be-deleted blog entry from moi: Read More »
They say it takes a village to raise a child. What can be said of our so called Global village now. I don't know about you but I do not see a village. I see bad neighbors, manipulative relatives, family feuds and neglectful parents. Constantly we here of here of how Globalization has brought us together and the world is a better place because of it. But is this really true? Read More »
always cold*
had to let you know...it's quite upsetting, it is me.
I put on some gloves,
as I type...I think-
of those who live in other homes,
without heat...food or lovely things for them from the get-go,
and I'm sick of the complaining self from two seconds ago
My sound track says,
"Justice is something so fresh and wonderful,"
and I think...Lupe you sing that shit, Read More »
On November 4, 2008, Proposition 8 California, which restricts the definition of marriage to a union between a man and a woman, and eliminates the right of same-sex sanctions, was passed into law. Read More »
My independent study for this semester was focused on Darfur, here is a summary of my findings:
Background Read More »
The contrasts between the so called third and first worlds are so stark one often wonders if this is the same planet. We have sent men to the moon but there are still children in Africa dying of preventable diseases. Women in the west are more and more progressive in society while in the Congo women are the battleground with rape used as a weapon of war. Read More »
In 1991, Troy Anthony Davis was convicted of the 1989 murder of Mark A. MacPhail, a Savannah police officer. On Tuesday, October 14, 2008, the Supreme Court rejected appeals for the condemned Georgia Department of Corrections 40-year-old inmate. The execution date was hastily reset for October 27, 2008. Read More »
