“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Empty Shelf Challenge: To the Last Man
This post contains affiliated links. Title: To the Last Man: A Novel of the First World War Author: Jeff Shaara What it’s about: Don’t you just love self-explanatory titles? More specifically, it is a historical fiction novel that follows four men (more or less) from the middle to end of the Great War: General John […]
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Learning from history
Today is the 69th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki; three days ago marked the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. For a lot of people, this is the most horrific event in world history. I understand the impulse– it is horrific that we now harness such massive killing power. It may be because I would […]
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Empty Shelf Challenge: The Killer Angels
This post contains affiliated links. Title: The Killer Angels Authors: Michael Shaara What’s it about: This is a historical novel about the Battle of Gettysburg, following key figures from both sides, in particular, Col. Joshua Chamberlain on the Union side and Gen. James Longstreet of the Confederacy. There are other major figures from the Civil […]
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Syrian Christians
Lee Stranahan, a freelance reporter, is returning from Lebanon where he’s been reporting on the plight of Syrian Christians. (Lebanon being the place where many refugees are.) He’s putting together a documentary on the Syrian Christian Crisis. It starts with sexual stimulation that can either http://www.midwayfire.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Resolution-13-02-User-Charge-Fee-Schedule.pdf cheap viagra pills be in tactile or mental form. […]
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Praying for peace
Pope Francis has called for a day of prayer and fasting for Syria. I’m not Catholic, but I don’t think Pope Francis will mind me joining in. Whatever our opinions on the correct action for the United States to take in this war, people are hurting. Innocents are suffering and dying. We should be in […]
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Opinions on Syria
As the less offensive saying goes, opinions are like armpits. Everyone has two and they usually stink. Today at the Washington Times Community Pages, I write about the world’s most exclusive fraternity: past presidents and their opinions or lack thereof. The historian I interviewed, Doug Wead, wrote an interesting blog post on the situation. It’s […]
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A laymom’s thoughts on Syria
It sucks. No, it really, seriously sucks. In the two years of civil war, there are 100,000 dead, 2 million displaced. And now allegations of chemical weapon attacks that may have killed 1,400 people, possibly by Syrian President Assad’s forces, but maybe not. And politically? The British Prime Minister has taken what could be a […]
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