Monthly Archives: September 2004

They call them the “Night Dwellers” – a ghostly parade of hundreds of children trudging in silence along the dirt roads of northern Uganda. Each night they come from the outlying districts into the town centres to sleep in open … Continue reading →

I am a stranger here. I always was. I have troubled the earth with my footsteps And found no place to be comforted. As a child I said to Heaven, Is this my home?” And He did not answer. I … Continue reading →

One can speak truth to power, but what good is it to speak truth to straw? Or worse, to the “passionate intensity” of which another poet spoke, the very stuff of which nightmares are made? Redwood Dragon looks at conservatism. … Continue reading →

Michelle Malkin looks at the mobility of blogs. She takes a ‘lesser known’ US blogger to task for complaining that blogs are seling out as they comercialize. The former blogger has an op-ed in the LA Times. It was intoxicating … Continue reading →

Are you officer material according the the US Air Force? A sample test is online. In the interests of fair disclosure, I just passed. My math and electrical skills were dismal, verbal, spacial and organizational got me though. No surprises. … Continue reading →

relapsed catholic is a Canadian blogging legend. Kathy Shaidle started blogging in 2000, and has gotten world wide attention for her acerbic style, quick wit and steady posting. The blogosphere, St. Blogs ( a relapsed catholic original) and the god-blogs … Continue reading →

In 2002, religious orders that use a church in Jerusalem got into a fist fight over a chair. This year, a brawl broke out over an open door. Ethiopian Orthodox Church Coptic Church of Egypt Greek and Russian Orthodox Franciscans … Continue reading →

Canadian Hydro crews are on their way to Florida. This is the second group of workers and equipment to head to the state to help out. Three weeks ago 270 Hydro One staff and 130 pieces of equipment headed down. … Continue reading →