Category Archives: News, Politics and Culture

Step 7: Long-Term Economic Viability at Home

Posted on October 26, 2006 by Jeff Block

After a mere six weeks of hiatus from our far-from-legendary-but-still-interesting (at least to me) discussion about how to win the war on terror, I would like to return to the topic with step 7.  It’s interesting to me (certainly not … Continue reading →

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The Significance of North Korea (and Their Recent Nuclear Tests)

Posted on October 19, 2006 by Jeff Block

On two separate days last week, North Korea apparently test-detonated a nuclear device of some kind as the latest step in their pursuit to develop weapons of mass destruction.  How significant is this? Let’s consider some context / background…  Point 1: This … Continue reading →

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Radical Christianity

Posted on October 12, 2006 by Jeff Block

On September 12th, Rosie O’Donnell — the new host of “The View” on ABC — claimed that “radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam“.  Her general point was that in America there are radical Christian forces that deviate … Continue reading →

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Wrong and Inconsistent Standards of Conduct

Posted on October 11, 2006 by Jeff Block

Earlier this year a 23-year-old teacher named Debra Lafave has convicted of having sex with her 14-year-old student on school property.  It was a long-lasting “relationship”, in which she claimed that the child was her boyfriend, even though by her … Continue reading →

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Defining “Torture”

Posted on September 26, 2006 by Jeff Block

I’m getting SO tired of SO many people saying that the United States is torturing suspected terrorists.  It’s unbelievable to me that it is so easy for news commentators or politicians or arm-chair quarterbacks to give the rest of the … Continue reading →

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Freedom of Speech … Little Bit of Double Standard?

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Jeff Block

Earlier this month, former president of Iran, Mohammad Khatami, went on a five-city speaking tour of the NE United States.  He was invited to speak at the Washington National Cathedral, at Harvard’s Kennedy Law School, at the University of Virginia, … Continue reading →

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