Mr. Ahmedinejad's very odd address at the U.N. surely cannot be taken to be a sampling of the best of Muslim-nation statecraft, can it? Even the ambassador from Vatican City wouldn't pretend to deliver such a naive cart-load of religious pomp. If he did, the Church would be laughed from U.N. membership.
If it weren't so dire in its potential, it would be farce.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Just discouraging
There are mountains of serious words about Iraq and policy in the Middle East, but not much good debate. When the first premise of one side's argument is "It's a war for oil," there really isn't very far to go in terms of dealing with "the facts on the ground" both in Iraq and the region.
A challenging article ...
.... about how the atheist and agnostic ought to think about and behave toward sacred texts, in the 9/21/07 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Something to think seriously about and examine later. Texts and reading (do they still call this "hermeneutics") are even more critical issues today than ever.
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