Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Man of Peace
Like most of us, President Bush is learning that hindsight is 20-20.
President Bush has admitted to The Times that his gun-slinging rhetoric made the world believe that he was a “guy really anxious for war” in Iraq. He said that his aim now was to leave his successor a legacy of international diplomacy for tackling [...]
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
The Global Peace Index
Visions of Humanity has released its Global Peace Index, ranking 140 nations in terms of their relative peacefulness.
Bad news: We’re #97.
Worse news: That’s +7 from last year (the lower the number, the more peaceful you are)
Good news: I don’t live in Sudan (#138), Somalia (#139) or Iraq (#140).
Even better news: Our neighbor Canada (#11) is [...]
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
“Meme: Passion Quilt”
Eddie Carson tagged me for this meme.
I am going to tag the following five educators (they all teach at Harding): Jeff Montgomery, Jeremy Beauchamp, Frank McCown, Jim Miller and DCT.
THE RULES: Post a picture or make/take/create your own that captures what YOU are most passionate for students to learn about.
Give your picture [...]
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
Happy Birthday, Peace Sign
Today is the 50th birthday of one of the most recognized international symbols in history: the peace sign.
From Democracy Now!
Over the past five decades the peace sign has become one of the world’s enduring icons. The original peace sign was developed in 1958 by a British textile designer and conscientious objector named Gerald Holtom. He [...]
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Harding Hosts “Islam in America”
Last night, the Harding University Honors College hosted another session in L.C. Sears Seminar Series at the American Heritage Auditorium.
This year’s event was entitled: “Islam in America: A Dialogue in Faith” and features a discussion between Dr. Monte Cox, Associate Dean of the Harding’s College of Bible and Religion and Dr. Nabil Bayakly of Memphis, [...]
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Spring 2008 L.C. Sears Collegiate Seminar Series
On Sunday evening, the Harding Honors College will hold another session in the L.C. Sears Seminar Series at 7:00 pm in the American Heritage Auditorium.
This year’s event is entitled: “Islam in America: A Dialogue in Faith” and features a discussion between Dr. Monte Cox, Associate Dean of the Harding’s College of Bible and Religion and [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Christians, Harding University, Honors College, Islam, peace by ME
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Champions for Peace
When I told my biking partner (Eric) this morning that I was going to the Clinton Library tomorrow to hear Judith Hicks Stiehm’s presentation on the twelve women who have won the Nobel Prize for Peace, he asked me who they were.
I could use the excuse that it’s hard to demonstrate total recall when you [...]
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Monday, October 15th, 2007
Better Late Than Never
From the irony department, one of my favorite, futuristic cinematic quotations:
There is an old Vulcan proverb: only Nixon could go to China.
So said Spock to James T. Kirk in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country as he escorted a delegation of Klingons to a peace conference.
The present-day equivalent would be that “only a neo-con could [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Israel, Middle East, Palestine, diplomacy by ME
Friday, October 12th, 2007
Nobel Al
I can now add “shaking hands with a Nobel Prize laureate” to my extensive resume.
My congratulations to former congressman and vice-president Al Gore and the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for sharing the 2007 Nobel Prize for Peace.
It couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy — I was an Al Gore fan before [...]
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Shame on Myanmar
What kind of regime orders its troops to open fire on unarmed Buddhist monks and nuns?
Thugs, criminals, despots.
It’s 2007, people.
Get with the program or get out of office.
Reuters has video.
